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The Banning Dam (National ID # CA00737; also known as Lake Eleanor Dam) is a gravity dam built in 1889 in the Santa Monica Mountains near present day Westlake Village in Ventura County Southern California. Named for its builder Captain William Banning it impounds Eleanor Creek to form the recreational Lake Eleanor (not to be confused with Lake Eleanor in Tuolumne County California also a reservoir).Although not a major dam Banning Dam is among the oldest still standing in the state.
