Looking NE from wharf between 2nd St. and Bingham Way.
<p>Steamer "Delta Queen" (doc. # 225875) docked.
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
28-Apr-1999.
File # 99d064.
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The steamer "Delta Queen" was built in 1926 by the California Transportation Co. at Stockton, California.
The steel hull plates and other steel parts were manufactured by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Denny_and_Brothers">William Denny and Brothers</a>, Dumbarton, Scotland, and shipped to Stockton to be assembled there, while the wooden superstructure was built entirely at Stockton.
The boat's name refers to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.californiadelta.org/">Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta</a>, which is on the route between Sacramento and San Francisco.
The twin boats "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maritimematters.com/2010/06/the-delta-king-california%E2%80%99s-monarch-by-shawn-j-dake/">Delta King</a>" and "Delta Queen" made alternating overnight trips between Sacramento and San Francisco, leaving at 6:30 PM and arriving the next morning at 5:30 AM. (The water distance between the cities is now shown as 108 miles, though some old records show 125 miles.)
[from <i>King and Queen of the River: The Legendary Paddle-Wheel Steamboats Delta King and Delta Queen</i>, by Stan Garvey (3rd edition), River Heritage Press, Menlo Park, Ca., 2002]
In 1947, the "Delta Queen" was brought from California to New Orleans via the Panama Canal and began her well-documented career on the Mississippi River system.
As of late 2012, the DQ was owned by TAC Cruise LLC, an affiliate of Xanterra Holding Corporation, and was serving as a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deltaqueenhotel.net/">floating hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee</a>. There have been reports that the boat might be sold to a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20121201/NEWS/312019978/1040?Title=Time-running-out-on-New-Smyrna-riverboat-hotel-deal">hotelier who would move it to North Smyrna Beach, Florida</a>.
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6x9 cm color negative.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/70020260@N04">William Alden</a> from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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