- Dates
- 2004-09 – 2004-09-27
- Kind
- Construction
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- infrastructurecommunicationmaritimeenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Durocher Marine spent a week in September 2004 removing a broken Lake Michigan power cable that had lain in silt for nearly twenty years. Divers cut the tangled cable into sections, and the final 15 miles left Beaver Island on September 27 for Cheboygan.
Evidence limits
The newspaper account does not identify the cable’s original installation record, complete removal cost, or final disposal documentation.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "Snip 'n Haul."Reports Durocher Marine divers cutting and removing a broken cable that had lain in silt for nearly twenty years, with the final 15 miles leaving Beaver Island on September 27 for Cheboygan. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the cable-removal report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Durocher Marine removes the broken Beaver Island power cable”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-power-cable-removal-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "Snip 'n Haul." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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