Guidebook
NO. 653 THE CASCADES - This is the terminus of the Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct, which brings water 338 miles from the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada to the City of Los Angeles. Begun in 1905, the great aqueduct was completed November 5, 1913. The Mono Craters Tunnel project, completed in 1940, extended the system 27 miles to its present northernmost intake near Tioga Pass.
Location
0.1 mi N of intersection of Foothill Blvd and Balboa Blvd, 4 mi NW of San Fernando
Open Map
NO. 653 THE CASCADES - State Plaque is missing.
NO. 653 THE CASCADES - Civil Engineering Landmark
NO. 653 THE CASCADES - Cascades plaque
NO. 653 THE CASCADES - Missing State Plaque
NO. 653 THE CASCADES -
NO. 653 THE CASCADES - First water on the opening day.
NO. 653 THE CASCADES - First water on the opening day.