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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1888/00/00 Matthew Turner Architect Built in San Francisco as a copra trader, The EQUATOR is launched.
1889/00/00 EQUATOR is converted to steam power.
1889/06/24 King David Kalakaua Friend RLS and family depart Honolulu on the chartered schooner EQUATOR for an excursion to the South Pacific. As King Kalakaua waves farewell, his musicians serenade the departing voyagers. Stevensons' Voyage aboard the EQUATOR
1889/06/24 Robert Louis Stevenson Passenger RLS and family depart Honolulu on the chartered schooner EQUATOR for an excursion to the South Pacific. As King Kalakaua waves farewell, his musicians serenade the departing voyagers. Stevensons' Voyage aboard the EQUATOR

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Particulars for EQUATOR (schooner):
Era Age of Sail
Commerce Copra Trade
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Boat Type Schooner
Sight Category Structure
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 14th April 1972

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: EQUATOR (schooner)
Registry Address: 14th St. Yacht Basin
Registry Number: 72001281
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Private
Architect: Turner,Matthew
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1889
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related
Current Function: Work in progress
Current Sub-Function:

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