- Date
- 2012-10
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimehistorycommunityinfrastructure
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 2012 Beaver Beacon reports the installation of a roughly 500-pound wooden rudder at the Beaver Island Marine Museum after its removal from the Heritage Park barn.
Evidence limits
The article identifies the reported move and installers but does not establish the rudder’s vessel provenance or a formal museum accession record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2012, "Jimmy Does It Again."Reports Jimmy Wojan, Steve Crandall, and Darrell Butler moving a roughly 500-pound wooden rudder from the Heritage Park barn and bolting it to the Marine Museum wall. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held October issue scan confirms the museum installation report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A historic wooden rudder is installed at the Beaver Island Marine Museum”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-marine-museum-rudder-installation-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2012, "Jimmy Does It Again." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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