Station Erie, Pennsylvania
Also referred to as Presque Isle
Coast Guard Station #236
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Location:
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North side entrance of Erie Harbor, on southeast end Presque Isle, 2-1/16 miles east southeast of Presque Isle Light.
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Date of Conveyance:
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1875
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Station Built:
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1876
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Fate:
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Still in operation
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Remarks:
Station was moved in 1878 to a more advantageous location; station is also called Presque Isle.
Keepers:
Clark Jones was appointed keeper on 30 SEP 1876 and left in 1877.
William Clark was appointed keeper on 4 OCT 1877 and drowned on 4 JUN 1891.
Andrew Jansen was appointed keeper on 8 JUL 1891 and left in 1914.
Lester D. Seymour was appointed as acting keeper in 1915.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.