September 19, 2011 (CAPE COD) By the late 1800’s – there were 13 U.S. life-saving stations from Chatham to Provincetown.
On Sunday – the last remaining one was re-dedicated after a full renovation.
The stations were the pre-cursor to the modern Coast Guard – keeping watch and making daring at-sea rescues.
Thanks to a 489-thousand dollar facelift by the National Park Service – the last-surviving station has new life as a museum in the Provincetown dunes.
It includes actual equipment used in rescues and photos of life in the station during its hey-day.
On Sunday – the last remaining one was re-dedicated after a full renovation.
The stations were the pre-cursor to the modern Coast Guard – keeping watch and making daring at-sea rescues.
Thanks to a 489-thousand dollar facelift by the National Park Service – the last-surviving station has new life as a museum in the Provincetown dunes.
It includes actual equipment used in rescues and photos of life in the station during its hey-day.
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