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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. |
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Delta Queen The legendary Greene Line boat, now Delta Queen Steambat Co., built 1924 - 1927. |
| Mississippi Queen Second boat of the Delta Queen Steamboat Co, built in 1973-75 |
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Belle of Louisville Built 1914 as Idlewild, later named Avalon; now based in Louisville, KY. |
| W. P. Snyder jr. 1918-built towboat; Ohio River Museum at Marietta, OH. |
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American Queen Biggest boat on the rivers, built in 1994; future unclear. |
| Julia Belle Swain Extraordinarily beautiful boat built in 1971, steam powered. |
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Natchez 1975 build sternwheeler cruising in the harbor of New Orleans. |
| Becky Thatcher Romantic, old-style showboat on the Muskingum River in Marietta, OH. |
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Claire E. Former diesel towboat from 1926, close to the W. P. Snyder jr. at Marietta, OH. |
| City of Baton Rouge 1916-built ferry boat, now landing bridge for the Twilight at Le Claire, Iowa. |
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City of Clinton Former towboat Omar, renamed Rhododendron, now museum and show boat at Clinton, Iowa. |
| George M. Verity Former S. S: Thorpe, now serving as living steamboat museum at Keokuk, Iowa. |
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Logsdon Towboat; Mississippi River Museum at Dubuque, Iowa. |
| Lone Star Wooden hull towboat of 1890, now at the Buffalo Bill Museum at Le Claire, Iowa. |
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William M. Black Built 1934, now part of the Mississippi River Museum at Dubuque, Iowa. |
| President former Sidewheeler of 1933, last use as casino boat. |
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Delta King Sister of the Delta Queen; now restaurant in Old Sacramento, California. |
| Admiral 1938 built Streckfuss boat, now serving as casino. |
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Mamie S. Barrett towboat from 1921. |
| Barbara H. Towboat, built in 1923; in service for 77 years until December 2000. |
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Goldenrod Historic Showboat of 1909. |
| Chris Greene Packet boat, built 1925; some remainings of the hull still existing. |
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Showboat Majestic Historic Showboat of 1923. |
| Maneuverboat 35 Work boat from the Army Corps or Engineers, now part of an exhibit at Hannibal Locks & Dam on the Ohio River. |
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Boone No. 7 historic Ohio River ferry boat from 1935. |
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