- Date
- 2005-10-09
- Kind
- Transportation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoryconstructionmaritimecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The 5,700-pound Kahlenberg diesel engine removed from the Bob S was transported off Beaver Island on October 9, 2005, for reassembly by Karl Bartels and a colleague. The Historical Society planned to return it for display on a concrete pad near the boat as part of the planned commercial fishing museum.
Evidence limits
The article documents the move and restoration plan, not completed reassembly or final display installation.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2005, "The Kahlenberg goes into the Bartels Shop" and "On the Historical Society."Reports the 5,700-pound early-1900s Kahlenberg diesel engine from the Bob S leaving Beaver Island on October 9 for reassembly by Karl Bartels and a friend, with plans to display it near the boat on a concrete pad. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the preservation move.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Kahlenberg engine leaves Beaver Island for restoration, October 9, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kahlenberg-engine-preservation-move-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2005, "The Kahlenberg goes into the Bartels Shop" and "On the Historical Society." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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