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Dec 1, 2023 · On Nov. 1, 1948, the US Army Corps of Engineers established a district in Walla Walla, Washington. This new district was given the task of building four dams on the lower Snake River. COL William...
Upper Baker Dam is a dam spanning the Baker River in northern Washington in the United States of America. It is one of two dams on the river, the other one being the Lower Baker Dam a few miles downstream. The dam is used to generate hydroelectricity and provide flood control.
- United States
- 1959
- 1,200 feet (370 m)
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Brian Smale. The nation’s largest and most ambitious dam removal will begin this month, when workers start demolishing two antique dams on Washington state’s Elwha River. The Elwha has been cut...
Aug 8, 2022 · Local historian. In an earlier era, hydroelectric dams were often seen as a win-win: producing electricity without burning fossil fuel, and creating reservoirs where the growing local population...
Digital object made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University.
The 1917 Harmony area flood at the break at the far east end of the Calhoun Road. The 1917 Skagit Flood looking eastward at the corner of Calhoun Road and Kamb Road. Included is the old Harmony Baptist Church and the old Harmony School (both torn down now.)
Lower Baker Dam (or simply Baker Dam) is a dam across the Baker River one mile north of Concrete, Washington. It forms a reservoir called Lake Shannon which stretches 7.5 miles (12.1 km) upstream. The dam is operated by Puget Sound Energy as part of the Baker River Hydroelectric Project .