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Beaver Island telephone service expansion planned with new antenna and lines, 1969

Also 1969 Beaver Island telephone line expansion

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
Date1969-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1969-05
Kind
Construction
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1969 Beaver Beacon reported a new telephone antenna off Airport Road and many new lines being strung. When complete, the Island was expected to have six mainland circuits instead of two, one of which was described as unreliable.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide engineering plans, a completion date, or service reliability data.

Sources

  1. Reports a new antenna off Airport Road and many new lines being strung, with planned mainland circuits increasing from two to six; it does not provide engineering plans, a completion date, or service reliability data.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published telephone expansion notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island telephone service expansion planned with new antenna and lines, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-lines-expansion-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1969, “Telephone Lines.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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