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Save the Delta Queen! 
Support our campaign to save the historic steamboat Delta Queen. YOUR action is needed. Please read about the details at the Save the Delta Queen Campaign's website and sign our > online petition. |
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Save the Delta Queen!
Support our campaign to save the historic steamboat Delta Queen. YOUR action is needed. Please read about the details at the Save the Delta Queen Campaign's website and sign our > online petition. |
A well-rounded prow, resembling the bowl of a spoon, that enabled a steamboat to beach itself at a shallow landing. The slow turning of the paddlewheels would hold the boat in place while loading or unloading, after which the boat could then extract itself by reversing the engines. Spoonbill bows were seen on many upper river boats beginning in the mid-1860s.
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