Name: Emerald Isle service is disrupted by a mechanical issue, August 2013
Start: 2013-08-23
End: 2013-08-28
Location: Beaver Island

Emerald Isle service is disrupted by a mechanical issue, August 2013

Also Emerald Isle mechanical outage August 2013

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TypeEvent

Dates2013-08-23 – 2013-08-28

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2013-08-23 – 2013-08-28
Kind: Service_disruption
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationmaritimeinfrastructurecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Boat Company announced that the Emerald Isle was out of service because of a mechanical issue during August 23–28, 2013. It published substitute schedules and asked passengers with reservations to contact the office.

Evidence limits

This is a contemporaneous operational notice reproduced in the forum. It does not establish the repair details or exact date the vessel returned to service.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Emerald Isle Ferry is Out of Service," August 24, 2013.
The post reproduces the Boat Company's urgent update that the Emerald Isle was out of service because of a mechanical issue and lists substitute schedules for August 23–28. It does not identify the repair or final return-to-service time.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Emerald Isle service is disrupted by a mechanical issue, August 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-emerald-isle-out-of-service-august-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Emerald Isle Ferry is Out of Service," August 24, 2013..

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