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Beaver Island Telephone Company prepares a new switchboard, 1960

Also October 31 · 1960 Beaver Island telephone switchboard

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TypeEvent
Dates1960-10-31 – 1960-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
1960-10-31 – 1960-11
Kind
Construction
Participants
Joe Dillingham (participant)
Carried out by
Beaver Island Telephone Company
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
economycommunitygovernancecommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Telephone Company was preparing to install a new switchboard that arrived on October 31, 1960. The notice identified Joe Dillingham as the company manager.

Evidence and limits

The report documents arrival and preparation, not completed installation, capacity, manufacturer, cost, or service expansion.

Open questions

  • When was the switchboard installed, and which company or regulatory records document its capacity and operation?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports the Beaver Island Telephone Company having growing pains and manager Joe Dillingham preparing for installation of a new switchboard that arrived October 31. It does not document installation completion, capacity, manufacturer, cost, or service expansion.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Telephone Company prepares a new switchboard, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-switchboard-installation-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1960, telephone-company notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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