Aerial view of the Newell Creek Dam and the Loch Lomond Reservoir in the San Lorenzo Valley. When full, the reservoir holds approximately 8.700 acre feet (2.84 billion gallons) of water.
Construction of the Newell Creek Dam, an earthen dam approximately 195 feet high. The dam and the Loch Lomond Reservoir were built in 1960 at a cost of $2,550,600.
A view of Loch Lomond, originally called Newell Lake, with the Newell Creek Dam in the background. Newell Creek was dammed in 1960-61 to form Loch Lomond Reservoir.