Name: Robert Gillespie launches the rebuilt Cisco at St. James Marine Dock, September 2005
Start: 2005-09
End: 2005-09
Location: Saint James

Event

Date: 2005-09
Kind: Construction
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationconstructioncommunitycommunication
Within: Saint James

Summary

In September 2005, Robert Gillespie and his crew launched the rebuilt Cisco, a 60-foot, 74-ton steel-hulled former Fish and Wildlife research vessel, at St. James Marine Dock. The newspaper describes the improvised barge, cribbing, crane, loader, excavator, and line work that brought the vessel safely into the lake before a crowd of about 100.

Evidence limits

The article is a contemporary account of the launch and does not provide a vessel registry, engineering report, or current status.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Cisco Launch,” September 3, 2005.
A participant reported that the Cisco had been launched the previous day and linked photographs of the launch and christening. The post corroborates the timing and public launch but does not supply engineering or registry documentation.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000427
Beaver Beacon, October 2005, "The Triumphant Launch of the Cisco."
Reports Robert Gillespie's complex launch of the rebuilt 60-foot, 74-ton steel-hulled Cisco, originally built in 1951, using a barge, crane truck, loader, excavator, cribbing, and crew at St. James Marine Dock. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, October 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the launch report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Robert Gillespie launches the rebuilt Cisco at St. James Marine Dock, September 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cisco-launch-september-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Cisco Launch,” September 3, 2005. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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