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Block Island Lifesaving Station

 Sub-Series

Dates

  • Creation: 1939 - 2025

Extent

From the Series: 60 box(es)

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

General

Technically the real name was the New Shoreham Lifesaving Station; Station arrived at Mystic Seaport July 21, 1968 moved by barge by Antone G. Carreiro. Cost to move station and return replica to Block Island $4,800.; Halfway House (part of the Block Island Lifesaving Exhibit) arrived from Cape Cod October 12, 1968 by helicopter and truck.; The Edgerton Foundation based in New Haven.; SEE: The Lookout, April 1972 page 8

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives Repository

Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic Connecticut 06355 United States
860-572-5367