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Benjamin C. Cromwell, her designer, and during the American Civil War by Hiram Crowell. Captain Charles C. Smith (b. 1826), who served as
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returned to service as a Martha's Vineyard ferry in June 1865. In the summer of 1874, now-President Grant used the
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operated as the substitute ferry to Martha's Vineyard during the war. By the end of the war in April 1865,
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would force her way through the ice to relieve the isolated Nantucket residents.
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was primarily a Vineyard boat, she occasionally would make trips to
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after the Great Fire of 1883 destroyed virtually the entire village.
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New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, & Nantucket Steamboat Company
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was built in five months in the shipyard of Thomas Collier of
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was sold in 1901 or 1903 (sources vary), and was used around
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to visit Martha's Vineyard, arriving in Cottage City (now
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under Captain Crowell during war duty, became captain of
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during the late nineteenth century. She was named after
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Cromwell of 469:"Beverly Evening Times, August 4, 1904" 54: 38: 18: 351:, Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts 321:in 1867 and was still master in 1885. 1110: 510:Beverly Evening Times, August 4, 1904. 424:(The Inquirer and Mirror Press, 1910) 1148:Shipwrecks of the Massachusetts coast 1138:Maritime history of the United States 549: 493:(The Inquirer and Mirror Press, 1910) 190: 498:- reprint of a 1927 article in the 13: 14: 1174: 115:as a replacement for the steamer 59:August 1883 advertisement in the 16:Ferry Sidewheel steamer operation 1093: 1088: 491:The Story of the Island Steamers 422:The Story of the Island Steamers 131:was fitted into the new vessel. 1123:Ships built in New York (state) 359:on Little Misery Island in the 103: 505:The Dukes County Intelligencer 463: 458:The Dukes County Intelligencer 339: 63:for excursions of the steamer 1: 1153:Steamboats of Nantucket Sound 476: 7: 163:, her deck timbers were of 10: 1179: 1158:Maritime incidents in 1904 507:, Vol. 8, No. 4, May 1967. 460:, Vol. 8, No. 4, May 1967. 1083: 949: 581: 532:42.5460139°N 70.7967000°W 139:under the supervision of 111:was built in 1862 by the 1133:Ferries of Massachusetts 374: 197:United States Government 187:wharf, on June 1, 1862. 537:42.5460139; -70.7967000 444:Vineyard Gazette Online 309:was first commanded by 215:ships operating in the 288:Vineyard ferry service 211:carried dispatches to 153:gross register tonnage 88:serving the island of 72: 52: 36: 33:Tisbury, Massachusetts 67:to tour the ruins of 58: 42: 22: 231:, as well as in the 179:and white chestnut. 528: /  482:Banks, Charles E., 400:Banks, Charles E., 262:, and was used by 213:United States Navy 205:American Civil War 94:Monohansett Island 73: 53: 37: 1143:Martha's Vineyard 1105: 1104: 842:Georges Valentine 489:Turner, Harry B. 420:Turner, Harry B. 371:, Massachusetts. 191:Civil War service 90:Martha's Vineyard 82:sidewheel steamer 1170: 1097: 1092: 1076: 1066: 1056: 1046: 1035: 1024: 1002: 984: 973: 963: 942: 931: 921: 911: 901: 885: 875: 865: 855: 845: 835: 825: 814: 804: 793: 783: 773: 757: 746: 730: 720: 710: 676: 666: 656: 645: 635: 625: 597: 570: 563: 556: 547: 546: 543: 542: 540: 539: 538: 533: 529: 526: 525: 524: 521: 500:Vineyard Gazette 470: 467: 461: 455: 446: 441: 428: 426:Books.google.com 418: 405: 398: 267:Ulysses S. 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Index


West Chop
Tisbury, Massachusetts

Edgartown

Vineyard Haven
sidewheel steamer
ferry
Martha's Vineyard
Monohansett Island
Naushon Island
New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, & Nantucket Steamboat Company
Providence River
Pawtuxet
New York
Vineyard Haven
Massachusetts
gross register tonnage
keel
white oak
oak
white chestnut
tops
hackmatack
Edgartown
United States Government
American Civil War
United States Navy
Atlantic Ocean

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