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The ''Nantucket'' was a sidewheel steamer operating as a ferry serving the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket during the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. On the Vineyard it docked at Cottage City (later Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts), Vineyard Haven, and the West Chop Wharf. The ''Nantucket,'' a 629-ton vessel, was built in 1886 in Wilmington, Delaware for service with the New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Co. fleet,〔Banks, Charles E., ''The History of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Volume I''. (Dukes County Historical Society, 1911)〕〔(Vineyard Gazette Online )〕 later reorganized as the Steamship Authority. According to a 1961 ''Vineyard Gazette'' article, the ''Nantucket'' "had decorated paddleboxes that made large, rhythmic and beautiful half-circles on the sides."〔(Vineyard Gazette Online )〕 ''Nantucket'' measured 190 feet long with a beam of 33 feet. It was copper fastened, and its double frame made of oak, hackmatack and cedar. Its hull had three watertight bulkheads,〔 and drew four-and-a-half feet of water.〔(Vineyard Gazette Online )〕 A new ferry, the M/V ''Nantucket'', was built in 1974 and named after this old sidewheeler. == Notes == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nantucket (steamboat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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