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明尼哈哈汽船(Minnehaha
Steamboat)
地方性遺產
您要如何將街車專用道延伸至湖泊上？當然只能透過汽船來完成這項任務。
相片中，經修繕復工的汽船，原是往來於雙城都會區(明尼阿波裡斯市及聖保羅)之間的船舶之一，這些船舶是兩城市的街車專用道在明尼托卡湖 (Lake
Minnetonka) 上的延伸。這些船舶是1905年時，由雙城快速運輸公司(Twin
City Rapid Transit Company)所建造，旨在運送湖岸四周的新生社區居民，船隻的設計與街車類似。它們被漆成淡黃色、紅色及綠色(與街車一樣的顏色)，而甲板下的座位及長椅也比照街車的座椅建造。
當汽車成為主要的運輸工具後，搭乘船舶的旅客量漸漸下滑。因而於1926年時，這些船隻就鑿沈(scuttle)於湖泊的深處；鑿沈的意思為，在船身挖或開一個洞，使船隻沈沒。54年後，「明尼哈哈」被帶回湖面，進行修復工程。然後，1996年5月25日，在一個象徵明尼哈哈重回明尼托卡湖的歡慶場合上，展開了她的處女航：始自埃克塞西歐(Excelsior)，終於威撒塔(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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