Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 8, Page 43

Continuation of text from 'The Life Savers of Cape Cod' relating details of poorly equipped stations and passage of a bill by Congress in 1871 reorganizing the systems of life saving districts. It was in the winter of 1872 that several of the stations on the outer Cape were built and put into service.

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Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, and Boxell, Althea