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Walker, C. J.

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U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineer's Office
Latham, P Julian
Goethals, George W
Waesche, Russell Randolf
Kennedy, John F
Divoll, Leslie, historian
Walker, C J, photographer
Title
GENERAL VIEW OF THE STATION FROM THE SOUTH. THE BOATHOUSE IS IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, THE DWELLING IS IN THE BACKGROUND TO THE RIGHT, THE FLAG TOWER IS VISIBLE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS. THE TREE LINE AND BEACH OUTLINE THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY. - U.S. Coast Guard Lake Worth Inlet Station, Peanut Island, Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, FL
Depicted place Florida; Palm Beach County; Riviera Beach
Date September 1996
date QS:P571,+1996-09-00T00:00:00Z/10
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS FLA,50-RIVI.V,1-1
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  • Significance: The U.S. Coast Guard Lake Worth Inlet Station is architecturally significant as an intact and typical example of the Coast Guard's many lifeboat stations built or improved in the 1930s and 1940s. It is historically significant for its role in coastal defense and rescue activities during the early months of World War II, and for its involvement in the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Station is associated with three people whose work changed our Nation: General George W. Goethals, engineer; Admiral Russell Randolf Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Guard; and President John F. Kennedy. The Lake Worth Inlet Station exemplifies the Coast Guard's new and upgraded lifeboat stations built throughout the United States from about 1931 until about 1941. The network of lifeboat stations was part of Admiral Waesche's transformation of the Coast Guard into today's modern force. The new and upgraded lifeboat stations built in that decade used some combination of plans prepared for the "Standard Dwelling," "Standard Launchway," or "Standard Boathouse." This Stations' Dwelling and Boathouse, the two buildings dating from establishment of the Station, retain their architectural integrity. The early character of the site and surroundings is intact, and the Dwelling's cupola watch house still commands panoramic views of the surrounding waterways. The Station is built on a spoil island created by General Goethals as part of his last work, the enlargement of Lake Worth Inlet and the Port of Palm Beach. Goethals achieved renown as Chief Engineer for construction of the Panama Canal and the Holland Tunnel. The Station's strategic defensive importance was realized during World War II, with beach patrols and ocean search and rescue activities launched from this station. The station is closely associated with President John F. Kennedy and the tensions of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961 and 1962. An abandoned fallout shelter is located on a contiguous parcel of property that was part of the Lake Worth Inlet Station for ten years. The parcel was permitted to the United States of America in 1961, and reverted to the Port of Palm Beach District in May 1971. The fallout shelter, built in secrecy by the Navy Seabees, was to serve as a command center for President John F. Kennedy, should there have been a nuclear attack while he was visiting his family's nearby Palm Beach home.
  • Survey number: HABS FL-390
  • Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1937 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1952-1957 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fl0349.photos.377910p
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Object location26° 46′ 30″ N, 80° 03′ 29.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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