3094. (photo) Second U.S. Life-Saving Service / Coast Guard Station, Louisville, KY. c.1926-1928.
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3094. (photo) Second U.S. Life-Saving Service / Coast Guard Station, Louisville, KY. c.1926-1928.
3094. (photo) Second U.S. Life-Saving Service / Coast Guard Station, Louisville, KY. c.1926-1928. Clear, close original photo shows great detail of the one-of-a-kind river Coast Guard station docked at the wharf in Louisville, Kentucky in about 1926-1928. The United States Life-Saving Service was established in 1848 and soon stations were established around the country near dangerous waters. The first such lifesaving station on the Western Rivers was established at Louisville , Kentucky , in 1881 to guard the treacherous Falls of the Ohio River . In 1902, a second wooden lifeboat station replaced the first, shown here. It too was moored at the foot of Third Street . The wooden hull of the second Louisville Life-Saving Station eventually became worn out and a new station would be built in 1929. Image is quite clear, great detail, on postcard paper. 3 ½” x 5 ½”. (F-) $36.