Station Sand Beach, Michigan
Also referred to as Sand Beach Harbor or Harbor Beach
USLSS Station #1, Tenth District
Coast Guard Station #247
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Location:
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At Harbor Beach, inside harbor of refuge, 3/4 mile west northwest of Harbor Beach Light, Lake Huron
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Date of Conveyance
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1878
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Station Built:
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1881
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Fate:
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Turned over to the GSA in 1958
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Remarks:
Station was moved in 1898. The station was also known as Sand Beach Harbor or Harbor Beach.
Keepers:
James C. Cottrell was appointed keeper on 29 September 1881 and declined to serve.
David E. Dues was appointed keeper on 2 November 1881 and was dismissed on 15 December 1887.
George W. Plough was appointed keeper on 30 NOV 1887 and transferred to Station Lake View Beach on 11 February 1898.
Henry D. Ferris was appointed keeper on 11 February 1898 and was still serving in 1915.
CBM (L) A. D. Davidson was listed as OIC in 1929.
Sources:
Station History File, CG Historian’s Office
Dennis L. Noble & Michael S. Raynes. “Register of the Stations and Keepers of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.” Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.
Ralph Shanks, Wick York & Lisa Woo Shanks. The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard. Petaluma, CA: Costaño Books, 1996.
U.S. Treasury Department: Coast Guard. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cadets and Ships and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1941. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1941.