Mayor Andrew Broaddus

Mayor Andrew Broaddus, moored at Louisville near the Falls of the Ohio, is the only surviving floating lifesaving station of the United States Life-Saving Service and the last inland waterway lifesaving station of the Coast Guard still in existence. Louisville received the first such station on America’s western waters in 1881 at one of the Ohio River’s most dangerous points. The present vessel, built in 1929, continued decades of patrols that rescued rivermen and passengers, aided stranded boats, recovered drowning victims, and responded to floods. From 1881 to 1915, crews saved 7,000 lives and property worth $6 million. It is now a National Historic Landmark.

Shively, Kentucky · United States