- 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
- 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
- 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).
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