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Marker Inset Photo: Preparing to Go Out

Caption: Marker Inset Photo: Preparing to Go Out
Additional Description: When a wreck occurred surfmen would launch surf boats outfitted with a breeches buoy, a Lyle gun (a short-barreled cannon designed to fire a projectile attached to a rope) and a system of pulleys to rescue victims in the water and trapped on distressed ships.
Submitted: January 17, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p412754
File Size: 0.260 Megabytes

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