Cape Cod Life Saving Station 300
by Sharon Williams Eng
Title
Cape Cod Life Saving Station 300
Artist
Sharon Williams Eng
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Many heroic rescues have been launched from the historic Old Harbor Life-Saving Station in the Provincelands on Cape Cod. This landscape is a long-range view of the building looking over the dunes on the Cape and out to sea. The landmark facility was built in Chatham in 1897. This was one of 13 stations positioned around Cape Cod. The station was operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, and its precursor the U.S. Life-Saving Service, until it was decommissioned in July 1944. The building was later obtained by the National Park Service, and in November 1977, it was moved by barge to Provincetown. The stations were located five to eight miles apart and staffed with six to eight surfmen, and the station's captain, called the keeper. For ten months of the year, the crew lived and worked at the station, with one day off a week. Visitors can tour the station and see the crew quarters as they were, as well as the boats and life-saving equipment they used.
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January 7th, 2018
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Dianne Cowen Photography
Re-visiting, Sharon! Love this photo as well as the description!! Sure would love to see this in our Cape Cod & the Islands group~