page_title: Nantucket shipbuilding
section_title: The Nantucket
hierarchical_section_title: Nantucket shipbuilding / Whaling ships / The Nantucket
caption_attribution_description: English: Brant Point Lighthouse early version, Nantucket, MA USA
context_page_description: Nantucket shipbuilding began in the late 1700s and culminated in the construction of notable whaling ships during the early 19th century. Shipbuilding was predominantly sited at Brant Point. Whaling ship construction concluded in 1838.
context_section_description: At 350 tons, Nantucket was the first Nantucket Island ship built of Live oak with copper fastenings. The construction cost for the vessel was $52,000. Nantucket's short life ended when she was wrecked in 1859.
caption: Two whale ships under construction at Brant Point, Nantucket – on the launch ways and on “camels”, nd.
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