- Date
- 1976
- Kind
- Rescue
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeheritageeducationaccident
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Dick Burris’s retrospective recounts a 1976 attempt to salvage the Chandler Wells centerboard and centerboard well from a barge abandoned near Whiskey Island shoal. After an initial water-drum lift and tow failed, Jewell Gillespie’s tug American Girl completed the recovery and brought the object to Beaver Island for shipment to Charlevoix.
Evidence limits
This is a first-person retrospective explicitly described as incomplete. It does not establish an exact date, full participant list, vessel registry, salvage permit, or independent outcome record.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2009, "A 1976 Salvage Adventure."Dick Burris’s retrospective describes lifting and towing the Chandler Wells centerboard and centerboard well from Whiskey Island shoal, a failed initial tow, diving, and later recovery by Jewell Gillespie’s tug American Girl. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the retrospective narrative.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A 1976 salvage operation recovers part of the Chandler Wells from Whiskey Island shoal”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-chandler-wells-salvage-adventure-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2009, "A 1976 Salvage Adventure." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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