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Looking north across the reservoir when filled with water. Photo taken before 1936. Constructed from 1910 to 1912, the 72,750 cu ft (2,060 m 3) lake with a surface elevation of approximately 1,514 feet (461 m) above sea level regulated the flow of water from the irregular flow discharged from the power plants in San Francisquito Canyon.
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), formerly known as Rocketdyne, is a complex of industrial research and development facilities located on a 2,668-acre (1,080 ha) [1] portion of Southern California in an unincorporated area of Ventura County in the Simi Hills between Simi Valley and Los Angeles.
Santa Clarita (/ ˌ s æ n t ə k l ə ˈ r iː t ə /; Spanish for "Little St. Clare") is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States.With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-most populous city in Los Angeles County, the 17th-most populous in California, and the 103rd-most populous city in the United States.
"Pico Number 4", a short distance up the canyon from Mentryville, was the first commercially successful oil strike in California , and the longest running well on record , finally being capped in 1990. The Pico Canyon oil field proved to be the richest in the state's history to that time, and Mentryville became a boomtown from 1876 to 1900.
Liquid glitter phone cases are all the rage, both online and in stores these days. The sequin-decorated plastic coverings are filled with a liquid that is comparable to a snow globe -- give it a ...
The Soledad Canyon Sand and Gravel Mining Project is a mining project in Northern Los Angeles County east of the city of Santa Clarita, California, United States.First mined in 1921, the property was mined by Curtis Sand and Gravel from the early 1960s until 1989, when, as a result of a legal settlement, the Bureau of Land Management put two 10-year leases to mine sand and gravel from the site ...
Volume Unit of measure cubic metre litre Reference size Usage 1 cubic metre = 1 = 1000: base unit in SI : 1 barrel = 0.158 987 294 928 = 158.987294928 = 42 US gallons = 9,702 cubic inches
A twelfth (1 ⁄ 12, or 0.083) of a US Gallon, rounded up from its actual volume of 10.66 US fl oz. Formerly used for beer until it was replaced by the 3 ⁄ 4 Pint (12 US oz.) bottle after World War 2. Tenth (US) 12.8 US fl oz-378 mL: A tenth (1 ⁄ 10, or 0.1) of a US gallon. Called a "Commercial Pint" because it was equivalent to 0.8 US ...