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Gary Comer announces construction of a new airplane hangar, 1988

Also Gary Comer airplane hangar · 66 by 70 hangar 1988

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TypeEvent
Date1988-07-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1988-07-27
Kind
Construction
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
constructioneconomytransportationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1988 Beaver Beacon announced a planned 66-by-70-foot airplane hangar for Gary Comer, with local excavation and concrete contractors and an off-island metal-building contractor.

Evidence limits

The article announces a groundbreaking and scope of work; it does not prove that construction was completed or identify the exact parcel.

Sources

  1. Announces Gary Comer's planned July 27 groundbreaking for a 66-by-70-foot hangar, with excavation by Gillespie Oil and Transit, concrete work by Bonadeo Enterprises, and an off-island contractor for the metal building. 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 · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the construction notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Gary Comer announces construction of a new airplane hangar, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airplane-hangar-construction-1988/, accessed [date], citing New Airplane Hanger, Beaver Beacon, August 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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