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County Road Commission delivers a snow-plowing tractor (1960)

Also 1960 Beaver Island road tractor

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The County Road Commission delivered a new rubber-wheeled tractor to Beaver Island in August 1960 for heavy snow-plowing and road-improvement work.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not identify the commission jurisdiction, tractor, operator, cost, or specific roads.

Open questions

  • Which road-commission minutes, equipment records, and project files document the delivery?

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 1960, road-equipment notice.
    Reports the County Road Commission delivering a new rubber-wheeled tractor for plowing heavy winter drifts and loading trucks for road improvements. It does not identify the county, make, cost, operator, or project locations.