- Date
- 1971-06
- Kind
- Business
- Carried out by
- Gillespie’s Sales and Service
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- economymaritimeshippingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
By June 1971, Beaver Island’s fuel supply was reported to be transitioning from barrels to bulk handling. Gillespie’s Sales and Service had purchased the diesel tug American Girl and the 28,000-gallon tanker barge Oil Queen for the operation.
Evidence and limits
The report documents the announced transition and equipment, not a terminal survey, delivery log, exact start day, or measured reduction in fuel shortages. The fuel operation is kept separate from the contemporaneous submarine power-cable installation.
See also
Sources
- Reports the transition from barrel handling to bulk fuel, Gillespie’s Sales and Service’s purchase of the diesel tug American Girl and 28,000-gallon tanker barge Oil Queen, and the expectation that fuel shortages would be reduced; it does not identify a terminal, delivery schedule, or measured shortage result.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-06_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island transition to bulk fuel supply, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bulk-fuel-supply-transition-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1971, “Island Based Fuel Supply.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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