- Dates
- 2003-05 – 2003-07
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcareconstructioncommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Beaver Island Rural Health Center was followed by site preparation, tree removal, grading, staking, and concrete footings and sub-slab walls. The July issue’s cover photograph shows the new site continuing forward during the summer, but does not establish completion.
Evidence limits
The article does not give the ceremony date, final construction cost, or completion date.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2003, “Construction Begins.”Reports the groundbreaking ceremony and subsequent tree removal, grading, staking, footings, and sub-slab concrete walls, with Robert Gillespie, Jim Wojan Excavating, and Greg Cary Concrete identified in the work. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the June 2003 construction report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-06_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, July 2003, cover photograph and “Construction of the new Health Center moves forward.”The July cover carries an aerial photograph of the new Health Center site and credits Jack Kelly with the flight used for the site and Whiskey Point photographs; it documents the project continuing into the summer without adding a construction completion date. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the July cover and construction-progress caption.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Construction begins on the new Beaver Island Rural Health Center”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rural-health-center-groundbreaking-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2003, “Construction Begins.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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