Classic Lifeboat & Lifesaving Stations
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Life saving boat at Mullaloo beach. Life savers still use these boats for certain duties although they rely most on their inflatable craft now. Colours are wonderful on these iconic boats.
Life saving boat at Mullaloo beach. Life savers still use these boats for certain duties although they rely most on their inflatable craft now. Colours are wonderful on these iconic boats.
I have to thank hotumatua for his advice on swimsuits particularly bodysuit mailot style. The styles I had did not have the red I wanted so after chatting to hotumatua I took his advice on the baywatch style. Thank you so much. So I signed up for lifesaving, sheesk talk about a hard time. However the baywatch swimsuit looks hot so yehhh why not. I still get to have a surf after training although....OMG so sore...
Whitefish Point Coast Guard Station. Wikipedia says of this area: "At 17 miles away, Whitefish Point is the nearest navigation mark to the wreckage of the ore freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1975. Whitefish Point remains one of the most dangerous shipping areas in the Great Lakes, Known as the graveyard of the Great Lakes, more vessels have been lost in the Whitefish Point area than any other part of Lake Superior.
The scene at Mullaloo beach. Life saver boat training is in progress at Mullaloo Beach. This group is listening to instructions before setting out. Its the beginning of spring and the clubs (manned by volunteers) are getting ready for the warmer weather. This boat is just approaching the beach.
Lifesaving pumps... - This is the pump house that circulated the cooling water for the adjacent hall, which was filled with compressors. It was the compressor building which was part of an abandoned mine site. The compressors ensured that there was enough oxygen in the mines for the miners. The lives of these people lay in the hands of the machines....
Guardians of the Graveyard
Congress first appropriated funding for lifesaving along the northeastern seaboard of the United States in 1848. Lifesaving stations did not expand into North Carolina until the 1870's.With the establishment of the United States Life-Saving Service in 1878, the number of active stations grew to twenty-nine along the North Carolina coast. Of those stations, twenty-three were located on the Outer Banks. Until 1900, the stations were manned year-round. In the event of an emergency, every station's professional crew patrolled the beaches and stood ready to launch rescues.
In 1915, the Life-Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service merged to form the United States Coast Guard.
Pea Island Life-Saving Station (lower left)
Richard Etheridge, appointed keeper of the Pea Island Life-Saving Station in 1880, was the first African American to command a U.S. Life-Saving Station. he assembled an all-black crew and instituted a rigorous training program. Under Etheridge's leadership, the Pea Island crew gained a reputation as one of the highest performing life-saving crews on the North Carolina coast.
Shortly after Etheridge's appointment to keeper, the Pea Island Station burned to the ground. Etheridge supervised the construction of a new station on the original site.
Stations were standardized by the U.S. Life-Saving Service. The main structure consisted of a two-story house capped with a watchtower. The ground floor contained a boat room and a small living room. The second floor consisted of a dormitory, keeper's quarters, and an equipment room. The adjacent buildings consisted of a stable and a cookhouse.
Wreck of the E.S. Newman
The schooner E.S. Newman ran into a hurricane and grounded just south of Pea Island on October 11, 1896. Conditions prevented the Pea Island crew from using their surfboat or a breeches buoy for rescue. Two surfmen swam out with a line and the crew formed a human chain to bring everyone aboard the E.S. Newman to safety. Despite their courage in what appeared impossible circumstances, the Pea Island Station crew did not receive official recognition until Gold Life-Saving Medals were awarded posthumously in 1996. One of these medals is displayed just above the model of the station.
Remainder of the Display
The map in the center of the display above is the locations of all the Lifesaving Stations along the Outer Banks of North Carolina indicated by the year that each was built.
Most of the rest of the display is artifacts from the wreck of the U.S.S. Huron. The U.S.S. Huron was a steamer that ran aground on November 24, 1877, just 200 yards off Nags Head Beach, killing 98. This tragedy, along with the wreck of the Metropolis 23 miles north of the Huron led to improvements in U.S. Livesaving Service by prompting Congress to appropriate funding to build additional lifesaving stations along the North Carolina coast and to increase their months of operation. Thus the inclusion of these artifacts in this particular display. Today, the U.S.S. Huron remains on the bottom of the ocean floor, 250 yards off of the beach at Nags Head and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1991, the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources designated the wreck site as North Carolina’s first “Historic Shipwreck Preserve”.
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R.N.L.I Lifeboat Station at Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey.
It celebrated 100 years of lifesaving history on 23rd September 2014.
It's crews have been honoured with 12 awards for gallantry during that time.
This is the trail that leads to the elephant seal viewing area in Point Reyes National Seashore. The park service really has made nice trails leading to the main attractions in the park. They are easily accessible to everyone. The view walking along the seashore is really worth the trip.
The docents said that the number of elephant seals that winter here has grown to over 500. You can hear the males barking at each other before you can actually see them. The area is quite noisy so don't expect a peaceful hike. But the constant challenges by the males is part of the experience that you want to see.
The lifesaving station was responsible in trying to rescue survivors from shipwrecks around Point Reyes. The ocean get very rough around the point and many sailing ships never made it past this area. The boats couldn't survive the currents and huge surf. There is definitely a lot of historical opportunities to see here.
LIFESAVING WATER
Send Water to Wildlife
Arizona is in a cycle of long-term drought. For our wildlife, this means less drinking water and a bigger fight for survival, especially during the dangerously hot and dry summer months.
As part of our mission to conserve and protect wildlife, the Arizona Game and Fish Department maintains 3,000 wildlife waters, including manmade catchments, built in locations all around the state. These stations provide life-saving hydration for all manner of wildlife all year long, from scurrying chipmunks to thirsty eagles to bugling elk.
It’s not an easy task. It costs more than $1 million annually for the Arizona Game and Fish Department and our partners to deliver water to these sites every year, with some of the most remote areas requiring helicopters to reach them. Since AZGFD does not receive any general fund tax dollars, we rely on conservation heroes like you to help fund costs such as vehicle maintenance, new trailers, and catchment repairs and upkeep.
No matter the challenges, it’s worth it to give our wildlife a fighting chance at survival.
I took the short drive from my hotel in the outer banks last week to shoot a sunset at the Oregon Inlet Lifesaving Station. The sunset really blew up on the horizon but didn't quite give me the color display I was hoping for at my location.
Freshly repainted from Juniata Locomotive Works, NS 3496 leads L12 over the Great Miami River south of Dayton, OH with cars bound for Reed Yard in Middletown. The Juniata crew repainted the locomotive with cleaner font, and red lights on the cross buck instead of silhouettes. Props to NS and OLS for keeping up appearences on an important message.
June was the perfect time to visit the Cape, as the beach rose was at peak and the light was glorious! I really enjoyed visiting this historic lifesaving station near Race Point in Provincetown.
Explore 12th October #71
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Golden Beach sunrise.
So wish the sign post wasnt there, but what can you do ? tried to remove without success, not to worry.
Looking out at sunset to Wood Island Lifesaving Station and Whaleback Ledge Lighthouse from the sandy beach at Fort Foster, Maine.
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Retired and restored RNLI boat 37-34 Horace Clarkson sits high and dry on the sand bank at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk.
Centre Island is flooding. The lake has now set a record for highest depth.
Taking a canoe over from the mainland is a great way to take it all in.
Recently on a ferry trip from Aberdeen, Scotland, to the Orkney Islands, at the end of the pier I saw this pile-up of 'bodies' next to a RNLI lifeboat (Royal National Lifeboat Institute) and thought someone must have a sense of humour in the placement of the dummies and buoys.
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