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16045
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The state's treacherous coast created a need for life-saving services for stranded ships and their passengers. Current research by East Carolina University faculty and graduate students in the Program for Maritime Studies will assess the logistical side of the state's 29 life-saving stations, including founding, funding, maintenance, and training.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Winter 2012, p6-11, il Periodical Website
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24565
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The author recounts his visit to Bald Head Island to sketch North Carolina’s historical landmarks, such as the state’s oldest standing lighthouse and various U.S. Coast Guard Lifesaving Stations.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 39 Issue 20, March 1972, p12-13, 21, il
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13846
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The three-mast ship Ephraim William grounded on Diamond Shoals during a storm on December 16th, 1884. Sailing from Savannah, Georgia, to Providence, Rhode Island, with a cargo of lumber, a crew of 9 men was left stranded aboard the grounded vessel. Surf men from the Cape Hatteras, Cape Kinnakeet, and Creeds Hill Lifesaving Stations, saved the crew of the Ephraim Williams and earned Gold Life Saving Medals awarded by the Secretary of the United States Treasury.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 40, Mar 1953, p3, 18, il
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