- Date
- 1986-07
- Kind
- Legal proceeding
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- infrastructuremaritimegovernancecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1986 Beaver Beacon reports that Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative received an approximately $600,000 settlement over the 1982 anchor damage that pulled and severed a Beaver Island power cable.
Evidence limits
This is a reprinted settlement report, not a judgment, settlement agreement, engineering file, outage ledger, or utility asset register.
Sources
- Reports an approximately $600,000 settlement for the December 13, 1982 anchor-line damage to Wolverine’s 24-mile Beaver Island subtransmission cable, explains the later failures, and describes the two underwater cables and former diesel plant. It is a reprinted settlement report, not a judgment, settlement agreement, engineering file, outage ledger, or utility asset register. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the cable-settlement report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Corrects the June report’s figure: Wolverine Power received $600,000, not $6,000,000. It is a published correction, not a settlement agreement, judgment, or utility accounting record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held thirteen-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the settlement-amount correction.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Wolverine settles litigation over the Beaver Island power cable, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wolverine-cable-suit-settlement-1986/, accessed [date], citing Wolverine Settles Beaver Island Cable Suit, Beaver Beacon, July 1986, reprinted from Michigan Country Lines. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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