Equator (schooner)

*Equator*
History
Builder	Mathew Turner
Launched	1888
Out of service	Abandoned (1956)
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Installed power	Steam (1893–c1920s); Gasoline (c1920s–1941); Diesel (1941–);
Sail plan	Schooner
	Equator (schooner)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	14th St. Yacht Basin; Everett, Washington, United States
Coordinates	48°00′14″N 122°13′05″W / 48.00389°N 122.21806°W
Built	1888
Architect	Matthew Turner
NRHP reference No.	72001281
Added to NRHP	14April 1972

Equator was a two-masted pygmy trading schooner that in 1889 carried passengers Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson on a voyage through the islands of Micronesia. They visited Butaritari, Mariki, Apaiang and Abemama in the Gilbert Islands, (also known as the Kingsmills) now Kiribati.^[2] Photographs of Stevenson's voyage exist.

Originally built in San Francisco in 1888 as a copra trader, Equator was converted to steam in 1897 and eventually abandoned in the harbor at Everett, Washington in 1957. The vessel was Everett's first artifact placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The remains of the hull are protected by a shed near the Port of Everett's Marina Park. Several attempts to rebuild the ship have failed, and restoration is considered unlikely. Built in Benicia, California, she is the last surviving hull of that time period known to exist. In her career she worked under sail, steam, gasoline, and diesel power. She worked copra, fish, tug and support for the Geodetic Survey. Because of her shoal draft she could get close on shore where other vessels couldn't go.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Stevenson, Robert Louis. In the South Seas (pdf). A collection of Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific

"National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form" (pdf). National Park Service. 24 November 1969.
- "Accompanying Photos" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-08-30.

External links

"Schooner Equator" (pdf). Historic American Engineering Record. National Park Service. HAER WA-206.
Equator at the Historic Everett Waterfront
Silverado Museum, California, devoted to Robert Louis Stevenson
The Writers' Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom, which holds photographs and documents of Robert Louis Stevenson

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Stevenson, Robert Louis. In the South Seas (pdf). A collection of Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific

[1]

[2]

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types
Lists by state	List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Lists by associated state	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau
Other areas	District of Columbia American Legation, Morocco
Related	National Historic Preservation Act Historic Preservation Fund List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places portal Category

See also

References

External links