- Dates
- 1956-06-23 – 1956-07
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeconstructiongovernancecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Harbor-dredging equipment arrived at Beaver Island on June 23, 1956. The July Beaver Beacon describes the main barge, pipe supported by pontoons, tugs, crane barge, and dredging gear, and identifies Lyons Construction Company of Whitehall as the contractor for an expected three-week job.
Evidence and limits
This is a contemporary operations report following the May contract-award notice. It does not provide the contract, dredging measurements, payment record, or final completion report.
Sources
- Reports a 180-foot barge-like craft, pipe, pontoons, tugs, crane barge, and dredging gear arriving June 23, and says the work was expected to take about three weeks under contract to Lyons Construction Company of Whitehall. It does not provide the contract, dredging measurements, payment record, or completion report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1956-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published dredging-operations report; it does not expand the engineering or completion record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island harbor dredging begins with Lyons Construction equipment, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harbor-dredging-begins-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1956, “Harbor Dredging.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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