Name: Yacht Dock rebuild nears completion with pile-driving equipment, November 2004
Start: 2004-11
End: 2004-11
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-11
Kind: Construction
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: constructioninfrastructuretransportationcommunitytechnology
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

By November 2004, Great Lakes Dock & Materials had brought the Yacht Dock rebuild near completion. The crew used a vibro pile driver capable of setting 40-foot pilings into the lake bottom in under ten minutes.

Evidence limits

The report describes progress but does not establish final completion or acceptance of the dock.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "Yacht Dock Rebuild Progressing."
Reports Great Lakes Dock & Materials making up for its late start with organized crews and a vibro pile driver, bringing the Yacht Dock rebuild near completion before freeze-up. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the dock-progress report and photographs.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Yacht Dock rebuild nears completion with pile-driving equipment, November 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-yacht-dock-rebuild-progress-november-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "Yacht Dock Rebuild Progressing." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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