History The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority

the steamship authority s terminal in woods hole

the present woods hole, martha s vineyard , nantucket steamship authority formed new bedford, martha s vineyard, , nantucket steamboat co., in turn consolidation of earlier companies dating 19th century, before railroad arrived. steamers included marco bozzaris, telegraph, massachusetts, george law, naushon, helen augusta, metacomet (1854), canonicus (1856), eagle s wing (1854–1861), monohansett, river queen, island home, martha s vineyard, nantucket, gay head, uncatena, sankaty, nobska, new bedford, naushon, mercury, , hackensack. motor vessel mv islander retired in 2007. last steamship in regular service ss nobska ran woods hole nantucket route until 1970s.

in 2007, reported steamship authority ferries dumping sewage nantucket sound, along other seafaring vessels. 2011 forward ssa converted vessels holding tanks sewage effluent, discharged new pumping facilities @ each port.