- Date
- 2010-05
- Kind
- Property transfer
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagetransportationexhibition
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 2010 Beacon reported that one of the three steam locomotives used by the Beaver Island Lumber Company had been located at the Port Huron Museum. Historical Society members began discussing whether it could be displayed at Beaver Island’s Heritage Park, with transport help tentatively identified.
Evidence limits
This is a discovery and proposal report, not proof of a completed transfer, ownership transaction, or Heritage Park installation.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2010, "We’ve Come a Long Way."Reports that one of three steam locomotives from Beaver Island Lumber Company days had been located at the Port Huron Museum and that Historical Society members discussed bringing it to Heritage Park. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the locomotive report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society locates a former lumber-company locomotive”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-steam-locomotive-discovery-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2010, "We’ve Come a Long Way." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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