Life Saving News
Our First Traveling Exhibit
We’ve designed our first Life-Saving Service themed traveling exhibit, on the Board of Life-Saving Appliances and the many outlandish life-saving tools they reviewed in the late 1800s. For information on the exhibit and how to bring it to your community click here.
Read MoreRescue: True Stories of the U.S. Life-Saving Service
We’ve just released our second compendium of the best of Wreck & Rescue Journal, Rescue: True Stories of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, published by Avery Color Studios. Rescue features original articles by the country’s leading experts in the field of search and rescue history: Fred Stonehouse, Dennis L. Noble, John Galluzzo and many more. In all, seventeen…
Read More1897 Long Branch Boathouse Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy destroyed the last remaining historic U.S. Life-Saving Service building that remained on site on October 29th 2012. The 1897 Boathouse was reduced to a pile rubble after hurricane force winds and storm surge took the building down. In May of 2012 after years of speculation and controversy, the 1876 and the 1903 Port…
Read MoreView the Trailer for Ocean Keeper
The new film about the Amagansett Life-Saving Station is here! Check out the trailer below, and then head to www.oceankeeperthemovie.com for more information.
Read MoreOcean City, NJ USLSS For Sale
A SEASHORE LANDMARK’S LAST BEST HOPE A recent agreement by Saving Our Station (S.O.S.), a southern New Jersey historic-preservation coalition, with Ocean City Life-Saving Station owners Rafaele Pansini and Roger Parkin and with city government, opens up a rare and unparalleled opportunity for a preservation-minded buyer to acquire the station property for $887,500. “This is…
Read MoreCape Cod Chronicle – Sentinel, Relocated
Sentinel, Relocated Old Harbor Station Is Reminder Of Impermanence Of Beach Buildings by Debra Lawless The recent demolition of several North Beach camps is a reminder that the beach, and the structures that sit on it, are not permanent. One of the most notable and historic structures to call the barrier beach home, the Old…
Read MoreWork to begin on walkway focusing on Muskegon’s maritime heritage
The Muskegon Chronicle Work to begin on walkway focusing on Muskegon’s maritime heritage by Dave Alexander Thousands of visitors and residents each week walk along the south wall of the Muskegon Channel not aware of the history of the area. From the modern freighters entering Muskegon Lake, to the two Muskegon lighthouses to the historic…
Read MoreSeacoastonline.com
Students improve life-saving station Project example of required ‘real-world’ learning By Dave Choate When it came time to put together a study on potential uses for the historic Wood Island Lifesaving Station off the coast of Kittery, Maine, the town turned to a group of students from the University of New Hampshire. The students developed…
Read MoreThe Muskegon Chronicle
Work to begin on walkway focusing on Muskegon’s maritime heritage by Dave Alexander Thousands of visitors and residents each week walk along the south wall of the Muskegon Channel not aware of the history of the area. From the modern freighters entering Muskegon Lake, to the two Muskegon lighthouses to the historic U.S. Coast Guard…
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