Jupiter Inlet Life Saving Station

While at Jupiter Inlet, the Expedition party observed the U.S. Life Saving Station on the south side of the inlet, along with two stores and several cottages. The U.S. Life-Saving Service, a federal government agency, operated a series of houses of refuge and life saving stations along U.S. coasts to rescue and shelter shipwrecked sailors and passengers. It began in 1848 and ultimately merged into the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. Five houses of refuge were constructed on Florida's east coast in 1876 and another five were added in 1885-1886, along with two life saving stations. The Life Saving Station at Jupiter Inlet was located near the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. It operated from 1886 to 1896, and the keeper was Captain Charles Robert Carlin, who previously had served as an assistant keeper at the Jupiter Lighthouse.

Credits:

• Jupiter Inlet Life-Saving Station, 1890s, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory

Sources:

• "Houses of Refuge in Florida," Wikipedia.org
• "Jupiter Inlet Lifesaving Station," Palm Beach County History Online

References in the Texts:

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• April 15, Friday

For other topics referenced in the Expedition texts, please refer to the Index to Subjects and Names.
1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015