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describes the lifesaving stations constructed from 1871-1915 along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Great Lakes to rescue ships in trouble. Little Kinnakeet was among the first seven constructed on North Carolina's treacherous Outer Banks in 1874. (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places)
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A lifesaving crew, ca. 1890s |
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