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Beaver Island Telephone Company prepares a new switchboard (1960)

Also October 31 · 1960 Beaver Island telephone switchboard

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The Beaver Island Telephone Company was preparing to install a new switchboard that arrived on October 31, 1960. The notice identified Joe Dillingham as the company manager.

Evidence and limits

The report documents arrival and preparation, not completed installation, capacity, manufacturer, cost, or service expansion.

Open questions

  • When was the switchboard installed, and which company or regulatory records document its capacity and operation?

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 1960, telephone-company notice.
    Reports the Beaver Island Telephone Company having growing pains and manager Joe Dillingham preparing for installation of a new switchboard that arrived October 31. It does not document installation completion, capacity, manufacturer, cost, or service expansion.