Riverfront & City Views 5

 

TALL  STACKS  &  OTHER  RIVERBOATS

Tallstacks.jpg (405420 bytes)

 

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The President on right                                                                                                                                                             
(see below)                                                                                                                                                                

 

Chrome-Welcomes You.jpg (385394 bytes)

 

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The President-Largest excursion boat in our inland waters            Mississippi Queen                            Delta Queen               
                                                                                                          Largest Paddle wheeler                  Mississippi Queen    

   The sister boats Mississippi Queen and the Delta Queen were the only two steamboats with overnight passenger service in the nation. With the docking of the Delta Queen there is only one. See Steamboat section for further information.

 

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                                                                                                                                          New version of Island Queen

 

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The Delta Queen

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 Belle of Louisville
 Viking Explorer
 The Belle of Louisville is the oldest steamboat. Built in 1914

 

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Left-West Virginia Belle                                       West Virginia Belle                                    
right-Belle of Louisville                                                                                                              

 

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                            The American Queen                                                                Painting of Cincinnati Waterfront                    

 

Buckeye State Painting.jpg (1049588 bytes)

   Painting by William Reed of the side-wheeler Buckeye State. It ran between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. In its 1st season in 1850 it ran this distance upstream in 43 hours, the fastest it has ever been run.

 

Painting Landing-1850.jpg (256857 bytes)

   Painting by Michael Blaser of the Old Public Landing.

 

 

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