Vessel paddlewheeler has been in service since 1960s . Boat is last steam-powered paddlewheeler providing overnight passenger cruises . Everything is a re-creation or a tied up old dusty museum , '' said Vicki Webster , leader of the grassroots Save the Delta Queen Campaign . Delta Queen needs new exemption from 1927 federal law . Safety of Seas Act bars largely wooden ships from overnight cruises .
Vessel paddlewheeler has been in service since 1960s . Boat is last steam-powered paddlewheeler providing overnight passenger cruises . Delta Queen needs new exemption from 1927 federal law . Safety of Seas Act bars largely wooden ships from overnight cruises .