- Date
- 1995
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathmaritimetransportationfamilycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
John M. Hallahan (1915–1995) worked as a Great Lakes seaman, port captain, and towing captain before retiring to Beaver Island in 1985. His obituary also credits him with an automatic railroad flange lubricator and pioneering barge fuel shipments through the Chicago canal and river system.
Evidence limits
The obituary is a family and newspaper account; it does not replace maritime employment, patent, or service records.
Sources
- Records Hallahan’s Chicago birth, Great Lakes steamship and towing careers, invention of a railroad flange lubricator, role in barge fuel shipments, 1985 retirement to Beaver Island, family survivors, and the family’s thanks. 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 · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers Great Lakes mariner John M. Hallahan after his death in 1995”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-hallahan-obituary-1995/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1996, “John M. Hallahan 1915–1995.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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