Station Lorain, Ohio
Coast Guard Station #240
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Location:
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East side of entrance of Black River, Lorain Harbor, 13/16 mile southeast of Lorain West Breakwater Light.
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Date of Conveyance:
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1904
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Station Built:
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1908
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Fate:
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Still in operation
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Remarks:
None.
Keepers:
Winslow W. Griesser was appointed keeper on 31 MAR 1911 and was still serving in 1915.
Photographs:
Original caption reads "Old Photo, Lorain, Station 240"; no date/photo number, photographer unknown.
Original caption reads "Lorain Station, Alterations to Dwelling, 10-9-38, W-9"; no photo number; October 9, 1938; photographer unknown.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.