Research Catalog

Title

US life-saving service : Florida's east coast / Sandra Thurlow and Timothy Dring.

Author

Thurlow, Sandra Henderson,

Publication

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

Dring, Timothy R.,

Description

127 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Ten houses of refuge, unique to Florida's east coast, were constructed by the US Life-Saving Service between 1876 and 1886. When ships traveling along the almost uninhabited coast were grounded or wrecked on reefs, survivors often made it to land but had no way to reach civilization. House of refuge keepers and their families provided food and shelter to victims of shipwrecks. The keepers' lives were monotonous but punctuated with the excitement of an occasional shipwreck. The US Life-Saving Service provided the framework on which the east coast of Florida developed. With the establishment of the US Coast Guard in 1915, the Life-Saving Service houses of refuge became Coast Guard stations."--Cover.

Series Statement

Images of America.

Uniform Title

Images of America.

Subject

• Florida
• Historic buildings > Florida > Pictorial works
• Historic buildings
• Lifesaving > Florida > History > Pictorial works
• Lifesaving stations > Florida > History > Pictorial works
• Lifesaving stations
• Lifesaving
• Search and rescue operations > Florida > Pictorial works
• Search and rescue operations
• United States. Life-Saving Service > History > Pictorial works
• United States. Life-Saving Service

Genre/Form

• History.
• Pictorial works.

Contents

Florida's adaptation of US Life-saving Service Station -- The US Coast Guard era and beyond -- The Coutant Family and the Mosquito Lagoon House of Refuge -- Fred Hall's World War I-era Coast Guard images.

ISBN

• 9781467124188
• 1467124184

LCCN

2016949527

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library