[Illustration: NAUSET STATION.]
The Nauset Life-Saving Station is another of the original nine United
States Life-Saving Stations which were built on Cape Cod in 1872. It
is situated on Nauset beach about two and one-half miles from North
Eastham depot and village. Its approximate position as obtained from
the latest coast survey charts is latitude north 41° 50′ 40″, longitude
west 69° 45′ 00″. When this station was built it was placed on a site
one thousand feet south of its present location, but the shifting sands
soon required its being moved inland to a more secure location, the
site it now occupies. The sea at this point is constantly making great
inroads into the beach, the banks having been cut away for a distance
of about one hundred and fifty feet since the station was built.
The patrol north from this station is about four and one-half miles,
the surfmen meeting and exchanging checks with the surfmen from
Cahoon’s Hollow. The south patrol is three and one-eighth miles, the
surfmen that go on that patrol using time clocks to record their
performance of duty.
[Illustration:
Back row:
SURFMAN WALKER. SURFMAN GAGE. CAPTAIN BEARSE. CAPTAIN CHARLES.
Front row:
SURFMAN SNOW. SURFMAN JORDEN. SURFMAN HOWES. SURFMAN HIGGINS.