- Date
- 1968-12
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Telephone Company
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- constructioncommunitygovernancecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
By December 1968, Beaver Island telephone lines had been extended down the east side to include Ed and Jane Howland’s residence. The Beacon said new island telephone numbers would be published in the back of the issue.
Evidence and limits
This brief notice documents a service extension but not its route, cost, engineering record, or final service quality.
Open questions
- What route and number of customers did the extension serve?
- Which company records document the work?
Sources
- Reports that telephone lines had been extended down the east side of Beaver Island to include the residence of Ed and Jane Howland and that new island telephone numbers would be published. It does not give route, cost, engineering, or service records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Telephone lines reach Beaver Island’s eastern winter residents, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-line-extension-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1968, “Along the Line.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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