Isle of Wight Station Site

Ocean City, MD

Also known as Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight Station Site site was established in 1898

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This is not an active site. It was active 1898-1933 (Listed as inactive 1934-1941)

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This site was closed (in) 1933

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This is the original site location

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Designation number: 145

Station closed in 1933, abandoned in 1948 and sold. 1897 station house was heavily damaged during a storm in March 1962 and was subsequently intentionally burned.

Station Site Notes:

1897 contracts for new station made, will probably be completed during present fiscal year; 1898 completed and put into commission (USLSS Annual Reports). Abandoned in 1948; The original building, located near present-day 83rd Street in Ocean City, was purposely burned down by the local fire department at the request of the current owners after the building was damaged in a storm in March, 1962 (USCG Historian's Website).

Buildings at this Station Site

There are no surviving station houses at this site.

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