- Date
- 1956-03-13
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeconstructiongovernancecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1956 Beaver Beacon prints a March 13 telegram from Congressman Victor A. Knox reporting final approval of the St. James Harbor project, with $53,300 in federal funds and $7,500 in local funds. The message says the Bureau of the Budget approved moving ahead with Corps of Engineers spending.
Evidence and limits
This is a published telegram report and funding announcement. It does not itself establish the appropriation instrument, engineering contract, dredging work, or project completion.
Sources
- Prints a March 13 telegram from Congressman Victor A. Knox reporting final approval of the St. James Harbor project, $53,300 in federal money, $7,500 in local money, and Bureau of the Budget approval for the Corps of Engineers to spend the money. It does not provide the telegram original, appropriation act, engineering contract, dredging log, or completion record. 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 · 1956-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published funding telegram; it does not expand the federal or construction record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island harbor dredging receives reported federal approval, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harbor-dredging-final-approval-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1956, “Harbor Dredging O-K.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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