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明尼哈哈汽船(Minnehaha
Steamboat)
地方性遗产
您要如何将街车专用道延伸至湖泊上？当然只能透过汽船来完成这项任务。
相片中，经修缮复工的汽船，原是往来于双城都会区(明尼阿波里斯市及圣保罗)之间的船舶之一，这些船舶是两城市的街车专用道在明尼托卡湖 (Lake
Minnetonka) 上的延伸。这些船舶是1905年时，由双城快速运输公司(Twin
City Rapid Transit Company)所建造，旨在运送湖岸四周的新生社区居民，船只的设计与街车类似。它们被漆成淡黄色、红色及绿色(与街车一样的颜色)，而甲板下的座位及长椅也比照街车的座椅建造。
当汽车成为主要的运输工具后，搭乘船舶的旅客量渐渐下滑。因而于1926年时，这些船只就凿沉(scuttle)于湖泊的深处；凿沉的意思为，在船身挖或开一个洞，使船只沉没。54年后，「明尼哈哈」被带回湖面，进行修复工程。然后，1996年5月25日，在一个象征明尼哈哈重回明尼托卡湖的欢庆场合上，展开了她的处女航：始自埃克塞西欧(Excelsior)，终于威撒塔(Wayzata)。
How can you extend a streetcar line onto a lake? With a steamboat, of course.
The restored steamboat in the picture was originally one of a fleet of vessels that extended the streetcar lines of the Twin Cities -- Minneapolis and St. Paul -- out into Lake Minnetonka. Built in 1905 by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company to serve new communities around the lakeshore, the boats were designed to resemble streetcars. They were painted canary yellow, red, and green, the same colors as streetcars, and the seats and benches below decks also matched the streetcars.
As the automobile became the favored mode of transportation, ridership on the boats declined, and they were scuttled in 1926 in the deeper waters of the lake. Scuttling means to cut or open a hole in a ship's hull to sink the ship. Fifty-four years later, the Minnehaha was brought to the surface for restoration. And, on May 25, 1996, the Minnehaha sailed on her maiden voyage from Excelsior to Wayzata, a festive occasion that signaled her return to Lake Minnetonka.
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