- Dates
- 1998-06 – 1998-09
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- infrastructureconservationeconomycommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Transfer Station announced that Bob Mogford and his car-crushing equipment would return in September 1998. Residents could bring vehicles, white goods, and scrap metal, with special instructions for tires, batteries, and remote vehicle removal.
Evidence limits
This is an advance cleanup announcement, not a completed crushing tally, disposal manifest, or environmental compliance record.
Sources
- Announces Bob Mogford’s planned September return, Transfer Station acceptance of cars, trucks, white goods, and scrap metal without charge, exclusions for wood, tires, and batteries, a tire-removal charge, and efforts to remove vehicles from remote sites. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1998-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the car-crusher announcement and disposal instructions.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island announces a September 1998 return of the car crusher”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-transfer-station-car-crusher-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1998, “Car Crusher is Coming Back!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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