Morris Reservoir
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It is impounded by Morris Dam, which was completed in 1935. Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising Script error: No such module "convert". above the San Gabriel River stream bed.[1]
Geography
The reservoir is located alongside California State Route 39, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north of the city of Azusa. Morris Reservoir is just downstream from the San Gabriel Dam. The mean water elevation is about Script error: No such module "convert"., when the reservoir is at capacity.
The reservoir and its slopes were the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site, a naval weapons test facility, from World War II through the 1990s.[2] The reservoir was transferred to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in 1995.
The test facility was established by Caltech, which was developing weapons for the Navy at its Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at China Lake (town), near Ridgecrest, California. It today is now known as the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and is still the primary proving ground for naval weapons systems. Because China Lake is a dry lake in the Mojave Desert, Caltech opened this substation at the Morris Reservoir, near their campus, north of Azusa in the San Gabriel Mountains.
This site was used especially for the development of submarine-based warfare systems, including torpedoes, bombs, and submarine-launched missiles like the Polaris rocket, the first ballistic missile that could be launched from submerged submarines.
Most of the buildings at the site have been removed, and the site is being restored to a "natural" state, and may once again be open to the public.
See also
References
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External links
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- The Caltech Archives: Morris Dam reservoir, San Gabriel Mountains
- Morris Dam Water Supply Enhancement Project Final Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration
- Morris Dam valve leakage photo
- Morris Dam data
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- Reservoirs in Los Angeles County, California
- San Gabriel Mountains
- San Gabriel River (California)
- Angeles National Forest
- Azusa, California
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
- 1935 establishments in California
- Systems command installations of the United States Navy
- Military installations in Los Angeles County, California
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- Historic American Engineering Record in California
- Reservoirs in California
- Reservoirs in Southern California