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Squan Beach Life Saving Station Preservation Committee, 124 Ocean Avenue, Manasquan, NJ (2026)

11/13/2016

THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TODAY FROM 2 TO 4 PM! WE'RE RIGHT BY THE BEACH AT 124 OCEAN AVENUE, MANASQUAN AND WE HAVE A NEW ATTRACTION:
THE FRANCIS LIFE CAR
Joseph Francis (March 12, 1801 – May 10, 1893) was a 19th-century American inventor who devoted his life to improving maritime equipment, especially life-saving tools. His most famous invention, the metallic life-car, rescued thousands of stranded passengers and crew from shipwrecks near the shore.
Francis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and started building boats early in life. He won his first prize in a public competition at age eighteen. As an adult, he worked for the U.S. Government, building life boats for war ships. He was the first person to use iron in the construction of life boats. The government declined to fund his metal boats, so he began his own business on the Jersey Shore, near Long Branch. His boats, rafts, life-car, and other watercraft became popular in Europe before eventually being adopted in the United States as well. Francis died at age 92 while summering at Otsego Lake in New York.[1]
The first life-car ever used, which rescued 200 of 201 people from the Scottish brig Ayrshire wreck in 1850, is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.[2] Also on display are some of Francis' numerous awards that he received in gratitude for his inventions. These include the Congressional Gold Medal, which was designed by the famous American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and was given to him by President Benjamin Harrison on August 27, 1888, as well as a diamond-encrusted s***f box from Emperor Napoleon III of France.
Although Francis was considered one of the most well-known heroes of the 19th century, his popularity waned with the decrease in maritime accidents and he is virtually unknown today.

$TONIGHT @ 7:30 pm (Doors Open) - 8:00 pm Program Begins\FRANCIS LIFE CAR: Rescue equipment & boat used to save livesGUES...$

11/11/2016

TONIGHT @ 7:30 pm (Doors Open) - 8:00 pm Program Begins\
FRANCIS LIFE CAR: Rescue equipment & boat used to save lives
GUEST SPEAKER: Commander Timothy R. Dring - USNR
- Retired from the Naval Reserve after 27 years of active and reserve duty service onboard destroyers and frigates
- Duty in a number of assignments including composite Navy/Coast Guard coastal warfare/harbor defense on the US East coast and an Atlantic Fleet carrier battle-group staff augmentation unit
-Co-author with William D. Wilkinson of a book published in 2009 entitled American Coastal Rescue Craft
-Co-Author with Robert and Susan Bennett of a book published in 2015 entitled The Deadly Ships-wrecks of the Powhattan & New Era on the Jersey Shore.
JOIN US: For an interesting and informative evening at the Squan Beach Lifesaving Station. Please call or email [email protected] or 732-223-2231 to reserve your $10.00 ticket. Light refreshments will be served.

$November 10 @ 7:30 pm (Doors Open) - 8:00 pm Program Begins\FRANCIS LIFE CAR: Rescue equipment & boat used to save lives...$

11/10/2016

November 10 @ 7:30 pm (Doors Open) - 8:00 pm Program Begins\
FRANCIS LIFE CAR: Rescue equipment & boat used to save lives
GUEST SPEAKER: Commander Timothy R. Dring - USNR
- Retired from the Naval Reserve after 27 years of active and reserve duty service onboard destroyers and frigates
- Duty in a number of assignments including composite Navy/Coast Guard coastal warfare/harbor defense on the US East coast and an Atlantic Fleet carrier battle-group staff augmentation unit
-Co-author with William D. Wilkinson of a book published in 2009 entitled American Coastal Rescue Craft
-Co-Author with Robert and Susan Bennett of a book published in 2015 entitled The Deadly Ships-wrecks of the Powhattan & New Era on the Jersey Shore.
JOIN US: For an interesting and informative evening at the Squan Beach Lifesaving Station. Please call or email [email protected] or 732-223-2231 to reserve your $10.00 ticket. Light refreshments will be served.

$November 10 @ 7:30 pm (Doors Open) - 8:00 pm Program Begins\FRANCIS LIFE CAR: Rescue equipment & boat used to save live...$

11/05/2016

November 10 @ 7:30 pm (Doors Open) - 8:00 pm Program Begins\

FRANCIS LIFE CAR: Rescue equipment & boat used to save lives

GUEST SPEAKER: Commander Timothy R. Dring - USNR
- Retired from the Naval Reserve after 27 years of active and reserve duty service onboard destroyers and frigates
- Duty in a number of assignments including composite Navy/Coast Guard coastal warfare/harbor defense on the US East coast and an Atlantic Fleet carrier battle-group staff augmentation unit
-Co-author with William D. Wilkinson of a book published in 2009 entitled American Coastal Rescue Craft
-Co-Author with Robert and Susan Bennett of a book published in 2015 entitled The Deadly Ships-wrecks of the Powhattan & New Era on the Jersey Shore.

JOIN US: For an interesting and informative evening at the Squan Beach Lifesaving Station. Please call or email [email protected] or 732-223-2231 to reserve your $10.00 ticket. Light refreshments will be served.

09/29/2016

THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TODAY FROM 4 TO 7:30 PM! WE'RE RIGHT BY THE BEACH AT 124 OCEAN AVENUE, MANASQUAN AND WE HAVE A NEW ATTRACTION:

THE FRANCIS LIFE CAR
Joseph Francis (March 12, 1801 – May 10, 1893) was a 19th-century American inventor who devoted his life to improving maritime equipment, especially life-saving tools. His most famous invention, the metallic life-car, rescued thousands of stranded passengers and crew from shipwrecks near the shore.
Francis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and started building boats early in life. He won his first prize in a public competition at age eighteen. As an adult, he worked for the U.S. Government, building life boats for war ships. He was the first person to use iron in the construction of life boats. The government declined to fund his metal boats, so he began his own business on the Jersey Shore, near Long Branch. His boats, rafts, life-car, and other watercraft became popular in Europe before eventually being adopted in the United States as well. Francis died at age 92 while summering at Otsego Lake in New York.[1]
The first life-car ever used, which rescued 200 of 201 people from the Scottish brig Ayrshire wreck in 1850, is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.[2] Also on display are some of Francis' numerous awards that he received in gratitude for his inventions. These include the Congressional Gold Medal, which was designed by the famous American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and was given to him by President Benjamin Harrison on August 27, 1888, as well as a diamond-encrusted s***f box from Emperor Napoleon III of France.
Although Francis was considered one of the most well-known heroes of the 19th century, his popularity waned with the decrease in maritime accidents and he is virtually unknown today.

09/21/2016

THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TODAY FROM 4 TO 7:30 PM! WE'RE RIGHT BY THE BEACH AT 124 OCEAN AVENUE, MANASQUAN AND WE HAVE A NEW ATTRACTION:

THE FRANCIS LIFE CAR
Joseph Francis (March 12, 1801 – May 10, 1893) was a 19th-century American inventor who devoted his life to improving maritime equipment, especially life-saving tools. His most famous invention, the metallic life-car, rescued thousands of stranded passengers and crew from shipwrecks near the shore.
Francis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and started building boats early in life. He won his first prize in a public competition at age eighteen. As an adult, he worked for the U.S. Government, building life boats for war ships. He was the first person to use iron in the construction of life boats. The government declined to fund his metal boats, so he began his own business on the Jersey Shore, near Long Branch. His boats, rafts, life-car, and other watercraft became popular in Europe before eventually being adopted in the United States as well. Francis died at age 92 while summering at Otsego Lake in New York.[1]
The first life-car ever used, which rescued 200 of 201 people from the Scottish brig Ayrshire wreck in 1850, is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.[2] Also on display are some of Francis' numerous awards that he received in gratitude for his inventions. These include the Congressional Gold Medal, which was designed by the famous American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and was given to him by President Benjamin Harrison on August 27, 1888, as well as a diamond-encrusted s***f box from Emperor Napoleon III of France.
Although Francis was considered one of the most well-known heroes of the 19th century, his popularity waned with the decrease in maritime accidents and he is virtually unknown today.

09/11/2016

THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TODAY FROM 2 TO 4 PM! WE'RE RIGHT BY THE BEACH AT 124 OCEAN AVENUE, MANASQUAN ANDE HAVE A NEW ATTRACTION:

THE FRANCIS LIFE CAR
Joseph Francis (March 12, 1801 – May 10, 1893) was a 19th-century American inventor who devoted his life to improving maritime equipment, especially life-saving tools. His most famous invention, the metallic life-car, rescued thousands of stranded passengers and crew from shipwrecks near the shore.
Francis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and started building boats early in life. He won his first prize in a public competition at age eighteen. As an adult, he worked for the U.S. Government, building life boats for war ships. He was the first person to use iron in the construction of life boats. The government declined to fund his metal boats, so he began his own business on the Jersey Shore, near Long Branch. His boats, rafts, life-car, and other watercraft became popular in Europe before eventually being adopted in the United States as well. Francis died at age 92 while summering at Otsego Lake in New York.[1]
The first life-car ever used, which rescued 200 of 201 people from the Scottish brig Ayrshire wreck in 1850, is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.[2] Also on display are some of Francis' numerous awards that he received in gratitude for his inventions. These include the Congressional Gold Medal, which was designed by the famous American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and was given to him by President Benjamin Harrison on August 27, 1888, as well as a diamond-encrusted s***f box from Emperor Napoleon III of France.
Although Francis was considered one of the most well-known heroes of the 19th century, his popularity waned with the decrease in maritime accidents and he is virtually unknown today.

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