- Date
- 1958-03
- Kind
- Business
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- economycommunityweather
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1958 issue reports that James Gallagher cut and stored 50 tons of ice for summer use, in blocks 20 inches thick.
Evidence and limits
The notice does not provide a storage site, dates, equipment, ownership, use, or a complete ice-house or commercial record.
Sources
- Reports that James Gallagher cut and stored 50 tons of ice for summer, in blocks 20 inches thick. It does not provide the storage site, harvesting dates, equipment, ownership, use, or a complete ice-house or commercial record. 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 · 1958-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported volume and block thickness; it does not expand the storage, weather, or business record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “James Gallagher stores fifty tons of winter ice for summer use, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ice-storage-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1958, “MORE ICE.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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