Upper Baker Dam is a dam spanning the Baker River in northern

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in the

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. It is one of two dams on the river, the other one being the

Lower Baker Dam 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 upstream. The dam is operated by Puget Sound Energy as part of the Baker Riv ...

a few miles downstream. The dam is used to generate

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and provide flood control. Construction of the dam was finished in 1959 by

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as part of a power generating scheme, the Baker River Hydroelectric Project. The dam is a concrete gravity structure high and long, and is capable of producing 91 MW. Its reservoir stretches upstream and contains of water.

Climate

Upper Baker Dam has a

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(

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''Csb'').

References

Dams in Washington (state) Hydroelectric power plants in Washington (state) Buildings and structures in Whatcom County, Washington United States power company dams Dams completed in 1959 Puget Sound Energy {{WhatcomCountyWA-geo-stub