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The United States Life-Saving Service [1] was a United States government agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers. It began in 1848 and ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915.
Location Opened Closed Life-Saving Station? Life-Saving Station number Life-Saving Station district Coast Guard Station number Reference Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor: Boothbay Harbor: 1967 Active No N/A N/A Unknown [5] Coast Guard Station Burnt Island: Burnt Island: 1891 1964 Yes Unknown 1st 7 [6] Coast Guard Station Cape Elizabeth: Cape ...
Life-Saving Service stations on the National Register of Historic Places (17 P) Pages in category "Life-Saving Service stations" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Prior to 1871, efforts to save lives from shipwrecks along the United States coast had been largely provided by volunteers. That year the U.S. Congress appropriated funds for the creation of a life saving service, leading to the founding of the United States Life Saving Service in 1878. [1]
Oregon Inlet Station is a historic lifesaving station located near Rodanthe, Dare County, North Carolina.It was built in 1897 by the United States Life-Saving Service and remodeled in 1933 and 1970.
U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848–1915: Popes Island Life Saving Station [52] No N/A N/A Buxton North Carolina Cape Hatteras National Seashore: U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: Cape Hatteras Light Station: Yes 78000266: August 5, 1998 Duck North Carolina Life Saving Station [53] U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848–1915: Caffeys Inlet Lifesaving ...
This House of Refuge is the last remaining of the original dozen shipwreck life-saving stations on Florida's Atlantic Coast operated by the United States Life-Saving Service, one of the predecessor agencies to the United States Coast Guard. Built in 1876 to help stranded sailors, its long colorful history spans nearly 70 years.
The United States Life-Saving Service was established in 1871, and the previously all-volunteer lifesaving stations were converted to house paid crews. [4] In 1874, they took over operation of the North Manitou Island station. [3] A new station was constructed in 1877, and a paid crew installed the following year. [4]