Refimprove date March 2010 File Hansen dam01.jpg thumb 250px HansenDamHansenDam is a dam in Lake View Terrace , Los Angeles , California . ref name Pitarre1 Pitarre, Alyson. Where country living sidles up to the city. Los Angeles Times . June 12, 2005. http www.latimes.com classified realestate news communities la re guide12jun12,0,1014385.story?coll la realestate communities 1 . Retrieved on March 19, 2010. ref It was built in 1940 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , Los Angeles District. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash , about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash and the Little Tujunga Wash, and about four miles southeast of the independent city of San Fernando, California . Citation needed date March 2010 HansenDam was named after horse ranchers Homer and Marie Hansen, who established a ranch in the 19th century. In 1939 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seized the horse ranch s land via eminent domain to build a dam due to occurrences of flooding in the northeast and southeast portions of the San Fernando Valley . ref name Pitarre1 The convert 2 mi km adj on long, convert 97 ft m adj on high dam was built to control floodwaters. ref Barker, Mayerene. http pqasb.pqarchiver.com latimes access 60072530.html?dids 60072530 60072530&FMT ABS&FMTS ABS FT&type current&date Jul 20 2C 1990&author MAYERENE BARKER&pub Los Angeles Times 28pre 1997 Fulltext 29&desc HansenDam 27s Comeback Moves Slowly Recreation 3A Tons of silt have been hauled off 2C but restoration of the once popular lake remains years away.&pqatl google HansenDam s Comeback Moves Slowly Recreation Tons of silt have been hauled off, but restoration of the once popular lake remains years away. Los Angeles Times . July 20, 1990. Metro Part B Metro Desk. Page 1. Retrieved on March 19, 2010. ref References Portal Los Angeles Reflist Coord ... Landmarks in Los Angeles, California Category San Fernando Valley California struct stub US dam stub ... more details
Hansen may refer to People with the surname Hansen Please add all people with the surname Hansen or Hanssen to the article Hansen surname , and don t add them here. People added here will be removed. Hansen surname In places Hansen, Idaho , town in the United States Hansen, Wisconsin , town in the United States Hansen Township, Ontario , Canada In music Beck Hansen , american alternative musician Other Hansen Natural , maker of Hansen s sodas and other drinks Hansen crater , a lunar crater Hansen Writing Ball , an early kind of typewriter from Denmark Hansen s disease , another name for leprosy Helly Hansen , Norwegian manufacturer of sports, work, and outdoor gear Hansen car , Dutch car Robert Hanssen , common mis spelling, FBI analyst spy See also Hanson disambiguation disambig geo DEFAULTSORT Hansen Category Germanic toponyms Category Norwegian toponyms cs Hansen da Hansen de Hansen fr Hansen ko it Hansen lv Hansens nl Hansen ja no Hansen pl Hansen pt Hansen ru sco Hansen sl Hansen fi Hansen ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image That Dam.jpg thumb That Dam, located in Vientiane, the capital of Laos The That Dam is a large stupa in Vientiane , Laos . Many Lao people Laotians believe it is inhabited by a seven headed n ga who tried to protect them from the armies of Siam , who invaded in 1827. It is also known as the Black Stupa, the English translation of the Lao name That Dam . coord 17.9660 102.6111 type landmark region LA display title Category Stupas Category Buildings and structures in Vientiane Laos struct stub vi Th t m ... more details
About structures for water impoundment Image Hoover Dam Nevada Luftaufnahme.jpg right 300px thumb Hoover Dam , a concrete arch gravity dam in Black Canyon of the Colorado Black Canyon of the Colorado River . Lake Mead in the background is Reservoir impounded by the dam. Image Glen canyon dam.jpg thumb right 300px Glen Canyon Dam A dam is a barrier that Reservoir impound s surface water water or underground ... in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations. History File Roman Cornalvo dam, Extremadura, Spain. Pic 01.jpg thumb 300px The Cornalvo Dam Roman dam at Cornalvo in Spain has been in use for almost two millennia. File Anaicut.JPG thumb right 300px Grand Anicut dam on river Kaveri in Tamil Nadu , India South India 19th century on 1st 2nd century foundation The word dam can be traced ... Language and Literature , 1947. The first known appearance of the word dam stems from 1165 ... bear testimony to the use of the word in Middle Dutch at that time. ref Early dam building took place ... dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan , convert 100 km northeast of the capital Amman . This gravity dam ... Egypt ian Sadd el Kafara Dam at Wadi Al Garawi, located about convert 25 km abbr on south of Cairo ... as a diversion dam for flood control, but was destroyed by heavy rain during construction or shortly ... Roman dam Roman dam construction was characterized by the Romans ability to plan and organize engineering ... introduced the then novel concept of large reservoir dam s which could secure a permanent water ... caementicium Roman concrete allowed for much larger dam structures than previously built, ref name Smith 1971, 49 such as the Lake Homs Dam , possibly the largest water barrier to that date, ref name Smith 1971, 42 harnvb Smith 1971 p 42 ref and the Harbaqa Dam , both in Roman Syria . The highest Roman dam was the Subiaco Dam near Rome its record height of convert 50 m abbr on remained unsurpassed ... more details
Infobox settlement official name DamDam native name settlement type village coordinates region IR subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name flag Iran subdivision type1 Provinces of Iran Province subdivision name1 Lorestan Province Lorestan subdivision type2 Counties of Iran County subdivision name2 Aligudarz County Aligudarz subdivision type3 Bakhsh subdivision name3 Besharat District Besharat subdivision type4 Rural Districts of Iran Rural District subdivision name4 Zalaqi ye Gharbi Rural District Zalaqi ye Gharbi leader title leader name established title established date area total km2 area footnotes population as of 2006 population total 36 population density km2 auto timezone Iran Standard Time IRST utc offset 3 30 timezone DST Iran Daylight Time IRDT utc offset DST 4 30 coordinates display latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E elevation m area code website footnotes DamDam lang fa is a village in Zalaqi ye Gharbi Rural District , Besharat District , Aligudarz County , Lorestan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census, its population was 36, in 8 families. ref IranCensus2006 15 ref References reflist Aligudarz County coord missing Iran Category Populated places in Aligudarz County Lorestan geo stub ... more details
Brian Hansen may refer to Brian Hansen American football Brian Hansen pornographic actor Brian Hansen speed skater hndis Hansen, Brian ... more details
Erik Hansen may refer to Erik Hansen canoeist Erik Hansen sailor Erik Hansen football manager See also Eric Hansen disambiguation Erik Hanson disambiguation Erik Kofoed Hansen , Danish fencer hndis Hansen, Erik da Erik Hansen de Erik Hansen Begriffskl rung ... more details
Joachim Hansen may refer to Joachim Hansen actor 1930&ndash 2007 , German actor Joachim Hansen fighter , Norwegian mixed martial artist hndis Hansen, Joachim fr Joachim Hansen ... more details
Frank Hansen may refer to Frank Hansen footballer , Danish football soccer player Frank Hansen rower , Norwegian rower, two time Olympic medalist hndis Hansen, Frank DEFAULTSORT Hansen, Frank ... more details
Bj rn Hansen may refer to Bj rn Hansen journalist , Norwegian journalist Bj rn Hansen footballer , Norwegian football player and coach Bj rn Hansen soccer hndis name Hansen, Bj rn ... more details
Rolf Hansen can refer to Rolf Hansen athlete , a Norwegian long distance runner Rolf Hansen director , a German film director Rolf Arthur Hansen , a Norwegian politician hndis Hansen, Rolf ... more details
Philip Hansen may refer to Phil Hansen artist , American artist Phil Hansen American football , retired player of American football Philip Hanson , British civil servant hndis Hansen, Philip DEFAULTSORT Hansen, Philip ... more details
Joseph Hansen may refer to Joseph Hansen dancer 1842 1907 , Belgian dancer and choreographer Joseph Hansen socialist 1910 1979 , American socialist leader Joseph Hansen writer 1923 2004 , American crime writer Joseph T. Hansen , American labor leader Joseph Hansen rower 1979 , American rower and 2004 Olympic gold medalist See also Joe Hanson of Current TV hndis Hansen, Joseph de Joseph Hansen es Joseph Hansen desambiguaci n fr Joseph Hansen lb Joseph Hansen ... more details
Eric Hansen may refer to Eric Hansen sportswriter , American sportswriter Eric Hansen travel writer , American author Eric Hansen wrestler , Danish wrestler Eric Hansen drummer , American drummer See also Erik Hansen disambiguation Erik Hanson disambiguation hndis Hansen, Eric ... more details
Christian Hansen may refer to Christian Frederik Hansen , Danish architect Christian Hansen architect , Danish architect Christian Julius Hansen , Danish composer Christian Hansen gymnast , Danish gymnast Christian Hansen politician , Danish politician Emil Christian Hansen , Danish physiologist H. C. Hansen , Danish prime minister Christian Hansen general 1885&ndash 1972 , German World War II general Christian Hansen Vennemoe , Norwegian politician Christian Hansen Wollnick , Norwegian politician See also Kristian Hansen , Danish gymnast Christian Hanson disambiguation hndis name Hansen, Christian da Christian Hansen de Christian Hansen fi Christian Hansen sv Christian Hansen ... more details
Ron Hansen may refer to Ron Hansen novelist born 1947 , American novelist Ron Hansen politician born 1943 , Canadian politician Ron Hansen baseball born 1938 , baseball player Ron Hansen American football 1932 1993 hndis Hansen, Ron ... more details
David Hansen may refer to David Hansen actor Dave Hansen , state senator from Wisconsin Dave Hansen baseball , former Major League Baseball third baseman David Hansen Norwegian politician David Rasmussen Hansen born 1938 , U.S. federal judge David Animle Hansen first Ghanaian to be Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy See also David Hanssen , Norwegian footballer David Hanson disambiguation hndis name Hansen, David DEFAULTSORT Hansen, David ... more details
Carl Hansen may refer to Carl William Hansen born 1872 , Danish author Carl Hansen footballer born 1898 , Danish footballer Carl Hansen Ostenfeld born 1873 , Danish systematic botanist Carl Manicus Hansen born 1877 , Danish gymnast Carl Hansen wrestler See also Karl Hansen disambiguation hndis name Hansen, Carl ... more details
Richard Hansen may refer to Rick Hansen Minnesota politician , Minnesota state representative Rick Hansen , Canadian paraplegic athlete Richard D. Hansen , American archaeologist See also Richard Hanson disambiguation Hndis Hansen, Richard ... more details
James Grundy may refer to Carsten Hansen chess player born 1971 , Danish chess player and writer Carsten Hansen politician born 1957 , Danish politician See also Hansen hndis name Hansen, Carsten DEFAULTSORT Hansen, Carsten ... more details
John Hansen or Johnny Hansen may refer to Association football John Hansen footballer born 1924 1924 1990 , Danish Olympic footballer Johnny Hansen footballer born 1943 , Danish international footballer John Hansen footballer born 1950 , Scottish professional footballer Johnny Hansen footballer born 1964 , Danish international footballer Johnny Hansen footballer born 1966 , Danish international footballer John Hansen footballer born 1974 , Faroese international footballer Jonny Hansen footballer born 1981 , Norwegian professional footballer Other John Hansen bodybuilder born 1963 , two time Natural Mr. Universe John Hansen rower born 1938 , Danish Olympic rower John Hansen voice actor , American voice actor John R. Hansen 1901 1974 , U.S. Representative from Iowa John William Hansen born 1945 , New Zealand High Court Judge John H.L. Hansen born 1959 , American speech technologist See also John Hanson disambiguation hndis name Hansen, John de Johnny Hansen fr Johnny Hansen nl Johnny Hansen ... more details
Hans Hansen may refer to Hans A. Hansen 1872 1915 , U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient Hans Hansen architect 1889 1966 , German architect, member of the Glass Chain correspondence Hans Christian Hansen architect , Danish architect mainly active in Athens and Copenhagen Hans Hansen composer 1817 1878 , Danish composer Hans Hansen Faroese painter 1920 1970 Hans Hansen rower 1915 2006 , Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist Hans J rgen Hansen 1879 1966 , Danish field hockey player Hans Trier Hansen 1893 1980 , Danish gymnast in the 1912 and perhaps also the 1920 Summer Olympics H. C. Hansen , social democrat and Prime Minister of Denmark Hans Nicolai Hansen 1835 1910 , Danish politician, lawyer and speaker of the Landsting Hans Jacob Hansen 1855 1936 , Danish zoologist Hans Fr i Hansen born 1975 , football player from the Faroe Islands, Hans Christian Albert Hansen 1847 1925 , Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party See also Hans Hansen Bergen 1610 1654 , settler of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam Hans Hanson disambiguation Hans Hansson disambiguation hndis Hansen, Hans da Hans Hansen de Hans Hansen no Hans Hansen ... more details
Peter Hansen may refer to Peter Hansen painter Peter Marius Hansen , 1868 1928 , Danish painter Peter Hansen UN born 1941 , Danish relief worker Peter Andreas Hansen 1795 1874 , Danish astronomer Peter Hansen actor born 1921 , American actor Peter O. Hansen , translator of the Book of Mormon into Danish Peter Reinhard Hansen , economist at the Stanford University Peter Hansen SS officer , Chilean SS soldier, commander of the 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1st Italian 29th and 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS See also Peter Hanson, MD, a Sports Medicine Physician and Triathlete Peter Hanson , Swedish golfer Peter Hanson, a passenger on United Airlines Flight 175 hndis name Hansen, Peter da Peter Hansen de Peter Hansen fi Peter Hansen ... more details
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