- Date
- 2008-12
- Kind
- Construction
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- constructioncommercecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
After the November warehouse fire, Rich Gillespie Enterprises cleared the site, salvaged what it could, obtained permits, and began raising new pole-barn trusses by December 4, 2008.
Evidence limits
The report documents early reconstruction, not completion, final costs, or insurance recovery.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2008, "No Moss on Rich."Reports the company sifting salvage from the fire, clearing the site, removing the concrete slab, obtaining permits, and raising new pole-barn trusses by December 4. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the reconstruction update and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Rich Gillespie Enterprises begins rebuilding after its warehouse fire, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rich-gillespie-rebuilds-after-fire-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2008, "No Moss on Rich." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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