Name: The REA installs transformers to expand Beaver Island electric service, 1959
Start: 1959-11
End: 1959-11
Location: Beaver Island

The REA installs transformers to expand Beaver Island electric service, 1959

Also 1959 Beaver Island powerhouse transformer work · REA electric-service expansion

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TypeEvent

Date1959-11

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1959-11
Kind: Construction
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: infrastructureeconomycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1959 Beaver Beacon reports REA work at the powerhouse, including new transformers intended to expand Beaver Island electric service.

Evidence limits

The notice does not provide a work order, engineering plan, capacity figures, inspection, or completion record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1959, "THE R.E.A."
Reports that the REA had been changing powerhouse equipment and was installing new transformers to expand island electric service. It does not provide a work order, engineering plan, capacity figures, inspection, or completion record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1959, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the transformer notice; it does not expand the utility or construction record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “The REA installs transformers to expand Beaver Island electric service, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rea-transformer-expansion-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1959, "THE R.E.A." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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