Upper Baker Dam

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Manjirō Nakahama: From Castaway to Samurai (hakaimagazine.com) On October 4, 1987, the town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts (population 16,000), had a pair of unlikely visitors: Akihito, crown prince of Japan (today, the emperor), and his wife, Princess Michiko. Why would Japanese royalty visit this small American whaling and fishing port? The events that forged the unlikely connection between Japan and Fairhaven began 146 years earlier.

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The dam is a concrete gravity structure 312 feet (95 m) high and 1,200 feet (370 m) long, and is capable of producing 91 MW.

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Baker Lake at Upper Baker Dam Near Concrete, WA - 12191600 (waterdata.usgs.gov) Monitoring location 12191600 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988 and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1976 are available online.

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Upper Baker Dam (Wikipedia) 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.