Video shows PSE workers rappel down massive dam

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — Amazing video from Puget Sound Energy shows first-of-its-kind inspection work on the Lower Baker Dam.

Workers rappelled down the 285-foot spill side of the structure in north central Skagit County looking for possible signs of deterioration.

The work is made necessary in large part because of a disaster that hit the dam 50 years ago when a slide took out the powerhouse and buried records.