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Summary
A Beaver Island power plant with at least one generator was operating by the March 1971 Beaver Beacon report. The Coast Guard cutter Sundew delivered a new radiator for one generator along with gasoline, fuel oil, and bottle gas. The June issue describes the existing plant as a diesel generator plant that would soon serve as an emergency unit after a submarine power cable was laid to the island.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-qualified infrastructure record. The source does not provide a formal plant name, exact location, operator, construction date, number of generators, completion of the cable installation, or a complete power-generation history.
Open questions
- Where was the plant, and which public or private body operated it?
- What generator received the radiator, and what fuel system did the plant use?
- Did the cable installation reach service, and when did the diesel plant become emergency-only in practice?
- Are township, utility, or Coast Guard records available?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Sundew Visits.”Reports that Sundew delivered fuel and a new radiator for one of the generators at the island power plant; it supplies no formal facility name, location, operator, construction date, or generator specifications.
- Beaver Beacon, June 1971, “Island Based Fuel Supply.”Describes the submarine cable route ending at the island generator plant and says the existing diesel generator plant would soon be used only as an emergency unit; it does not provide a formal facility name, exact location, operator, or completion record.