Moving Day For Coast Guard Station- Your eyes aren't deceiving you. This is a house moving on water. In this case it's an unoccupied three-story, 15-room, 200-ton Coast Guard station being towed from sand dunes of this community near eastern tip of Long Island to nearby Star Island, inside Lake Montauk. The trip covered less than 10 miles and took four months to plan.

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Title:
Moving Day For Coast Guard Station- Your eyes aren't deceiving you. This is a house moving on water. In this case it's an unoccupied three-story, 15-room, 200-ton Coast Guard station being towed from sand dunes of this community near eastern tip of Long Island to nearby Star Island, inside Lake Montauk. The trip covered less than 10 miles and took four months to plan.
Title (alt.):
Moving Day-Fifteen-room, 200-ton Coast Guard Station take s watery route on being towed from Napeague, N.Y., near the eastern tip of Long Island, to Star Island. Although the trip covered less than 10 miles, it took four months to plan and complete.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Houses.. Moving Of
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. March 1955]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Moving of structures
Houses
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 211 x 257 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/f7626d93b
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001276_0018
Barcode:
39999088103351