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Photographer: Charles H. Shute & Son, Edgartown, MA (via Wikimedia Commons)
Taken: Circa 1865
Caption: Sidewheel steamer River Queen at the wharf in Nantucket, probably during the late 1860s.
Additional Description: "The River Queen was a sidewheel steamer operating as a ferry serving the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket during the late 19th century. Earlier serving on the Potomac River, it became closely associated with President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant, and was used for an unsuccessful peace conference during the last year of the American Civil War....River Queen was still operating in 1910 on the Potomac River, by that time among the oldest side-wheelers still in service. In July 1911, newspapers reported the burning of the River Queen "to the water's edge" following the explosion of a signal lantern on board. The press reported that 'For the past year or two the River Queen has been used as an excursion boat for Negroes.' " - Wikipedia
Submitted: January 10, 2018.
Database Locator Identification Number: p411682
File Size: 0.181 Megabytes

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