Men hoisting a man up to a rooftop look-out station with rope and pulley, Life Saving Station, Biddeford Pool, Me.
Description:
Members of the U.S. Life-Saving Service practice rescue operations using a rope to haul a stranded person to shore at the Fletcher's Neck Life-Saving Station, built in 1874, in Biddeford, Maine. A man in a life preserver is suspended by ropes from the roof of station. The Stick-style wood frame boathouse is ornamented in various manners, including carved dolphins in the lower corners of the gable.
