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2. List of extant paddle steamers - Wikipedia

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   It suffered from uncertain water levels, and has been transferred to Lake Mulwala (Yarrawonga Weir, on Murray River). The paddle wheeler Nepean Belle operates cruises on the Nepean River at Penrith, New South Wales. PV Thomson Belle operates cruises on Thomson River (Longreach, Qld). It was originally PS Ginger Belle on Maroochy River, and ...

3. P.A. Denny (ship) - Wikipedia

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   P.A. Denny is a 109-foot (33 m) long three-deck paddle wheel boat that cruised the Kanawha River in the eastern United States for nearly three decades as a tour boat.It provided excursions and parties, before leaving for Ohio in August 2004.

4. American Queen - Wikipedia

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   American Queen is a Louisiana-built river steamship said to be the largest river steamboat ever built. [3] Although the American Queen's stern paddlewheel is indeed powered by a steam engine, her secondary propulsion, in case of an emergency and for maneuverability around tight areas where the paddle wheel can not navigate, comes from a set of diesel-electric propellers known as Z-drives on ...

5. Paddle steamer - Wikipedia

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   A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, whereby the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans.

6. American Empress - Wikipedia

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   The American Empress is a 360-foot (110 m) diesel-electric powered paddle-wheeler that was formerly operated by Majestic America Line and named the Empress of the North. [2] She was built in 2002 at the Nichols Brothers Boat Builders shipyard on Whidbey Island, in the U.S. state of Washington, for $50 million and debuted as a cruise ship in ...

7. Mississippi Queen (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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   The Mississippi Queen was the second-largest paddle wheel driven river steamboat ever built, second only to the larger American Queen.The ship was the largest such steamboat when she was completed in 1976 by the Delta Queen Steamboat Company at Jeffboat in Indiana and was a seven-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat.

8. MS Mount Washington - Wikipedia

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   Original Mount Washington c. 1920. The history of the MS Mount Washington dates back to 1872 when the original paddle steamer Mount Washington was launched from Alton Bay.The Mount was the largest of all the steamers on the lake at 187 feet (57 m) in length, with a beam of 49 feet (15 m).

9. Hiawatha (riverboat) - Wikipedia

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   This is the usual routing however some cruises can be lengthened, some cruise are known to go as far upstream as Piatt Township when water levels are viable. The Hiawatha cannot go downstream past Williamsport due to the Williamsport Dam located near the border to Loyalsock Township .