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The so-called nor'easter storm has washed up what may be a shipwreck from the 19th century in Massachusetts, local media says.
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Consolidated town and county in Massachusetts, United States
Nantucket is an island in Massachusetts, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of the Cape Cod peninsula. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government. Nantucket is the southeasternmost town in Massachusetts. The name "Nantucket" is adapted from similar Algonquian names for the island.
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Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the seventh-smallest state by land area. With an estimated population of over 7.1 million, it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the United States, and the third-most densely populated U.S. state after New Jersey and Rhode Island.
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The local newspaper in Nantucket got a tip: 'I found what I believe to be a shipwreck uncovered by the storm.'
A local journalist spotted wreckage most likely belonging to the Warren Sawyer near where fragments believed to be from the doomed schooner were discovered in 2022.
Wooden beams and iron fastenings mark the first time suspected pieces of the 140-year-old vessel have appeared since 2023