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The Cuttyhunk Life Saving Station is the building on the right; it no longer stands. What happened to it? We’d like to locate photos of its demolition or its move. The Methodist church on the left still stands. The U.S. Life-Saving Service was a sister organization to the U.S. Lighthouse Service. In 1915 the Life-Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service were merged to create the United States Coast Guard.
This story appeared in the
Jan/Feb 2014 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.
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