Summary
By June 1971, Beaver Island’s fuel supply was reported to be transitioning from barrels to bulk handling. Gillespie’s Sales and Service had purchased the diesel tug American Girl and the 28,000-gallon tanker barge Oil Queen for the operation.
Evidence and limits
The report documents the announced transition and equipment, not a terminal survey, delivery log, exact start day, or measured reduction in fuel shortages. The fuel operation is modeled separately from the contemporaneous submarine power-cable installation.
See also
- Gillespie’s Sales and Service (1971 fuel operation)
- American Girl (Gillespie fuel tug, 1971)
- Oil Queen (Gillespie tanker barge, 1971)
- Beaver Island power plant (1971 supply report)
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 1971, “Island Based Fuel Supply.”Reports the transition from barrel handling to bulk fuel, Gillespie’s Sales and Service’s purchase of the diesel tug American Girl and 28,000-gallon tanker barge Oil Queen, and the expectation that fuel shortages would be reduced; it does not identify a terminal, delivery schedule, or measured shortage result.