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'''''Equator'''''  was a two-masted pygmy trading [[Engineering:Schooner|schooner]] that in 1889 carried passengers Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson on a voyage through the islands of [[Place:Micronesia|Micronesia]]. They visited  Butaritari, Mariki, Apaiang and Abemama in the Gilbert Islands, (also known as the Kingsmills) now Kiribati.<ref>{{cite book |first=Robert Louis |last=Stevenson |title=In the South Seas |url=http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/rlsteven/southseas.pdf |format=pdf |access-date=2013-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703222022/http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/rlsteven/southseas.pdf |archive-date=2013-07-03 |url-status=dead }} A collection of Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific</ref> Photographs of Stevenson's voyage exist.

Originally built in {{wipe|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.

==See also==
*[[Social:Historic preservation|Historic preservation]]
*List of Registered Historic Places in Washington

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*{{cite web
|url={{NRHP url|id=72001281}}
|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form
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|publisher=National Park Service
|date=24 November 1969
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**{{cite web
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|title=Accompanying Photos
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|publisher=National Park Service
|accessdate=2012-08-30
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==External links==
*[http://www.historiceverettwaterfront.com/waterfront-special-features/the-equator Equator at the Historic Everett Waterfront]
*[http://www.silveradomuseum.org/ Silverado Museum, California], devoted to Robert Louis Stevenson
*[http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/Venues/The-Writers--Museum.aspx The Writers' Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom], which holds photographs and documents of Robert Louis Stevenson

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[[Category:Schooners]]

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