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Indian River Inlet Life-Saving Station

SC-148: The United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS), a precursor to the modern U.S. Coast Guard, built the Indian River Inlet Life-Saving Station in 1876 in response to an increase in shipwrecks along the coast. Local men called surfmen served at the station during stormy winter months. When not responding to shipwrecks, they drilled on rescue […]