I dug out some slides I took on the MQ while on a shakedown cruise in the Louisville harbor in the summer of 1976. I'd forgotten that the pilotwheel from the DQ was once mounted (on the ceiling) over the front stairway of the MQ with light fixtures between the spokes. The pilotwheel now resides in the Ohio River Museum at Marietta, along with the tall chair that Capt. Ernie Wagner always favored.
As I recall, the decorative acorns on the corners of the DQ pilothouse appeared circa 1971 -- about the same time as all the giddy gaudy stuff around the cally-ope.
As I recall, the decorative acorns on the corners of the DQ pilothouse appeared circa 1971 -- about the same time as all the giddy gaudy stuff around the cally-ope.
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