Block Island Station
by George Moore
Title
Block Island Station
Artist
George Moore
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Digital Art Print
Description
The Coast Guard building and the adjacent 40-by-60-foot boathouse were built in 1935, tucked just inside the entrance to New Harbor. The facility was ready to operate in January 1936. A 32-by-50-foot equipment building, located a little farther inland, was added in the fall of 1938. The life-saving stations at the West Side and Sandy Point had become obsolete years earlier — and on the other side of the island at the Old Harbor station, amid protests by island fishermen, the last of the old life-saving stations was closed on July 15, 1937.
In 1981, as an ominous prelude, the Coast Guard Station’s rusting steel signal tower, used to display weather flags, was dismantled rather than repaired. Continuous marine weather forecasts had been available for several years, courtesy of the government, on a special radio frequency.
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 December: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (December 10, 2019)
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