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  2. Steamboats of the Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Launched in 1813 at Pittsburgh for Daniel D. Smith, she was much smaller than the New Orleans. [7] With an engine and power train designed and manufactured by Daniel French, the Comet was the first Mississippi steamboat to be powered by a lightweight and efficient high-pressure engine turning a stern paddlewheel. [8]

  3. Natchez (boat) - Wikipedia

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    She is operated by the New Orleans Steamboat Company and docks at the Toulouse Street Wharf. Day trips include harbor and dinner cruises along the Mississippi River. One of the two tandem-compound steam engines on the Steamboat Natchez. Each engine produces 1600 horsepower and has the dimensions 7 feet (2.1 m) by 30 inches (0.76 m) by 15 inches ...

  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. Sail 'right in the heart of the US' on Viking's new ... - AOL

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    The Viking Mississippi will sail itineraries on the Upper and Lower Mississippi River between St. Paul and New Orleans. The ship has 193 staterooms, all of which are outside, and can accommodate ...

  6. President (1924 steamboat) - Wikipedia

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    President is a steamboat that currently lies dismantled in Effingham, Illinois, United States. [3] Originally named Cincinnati, it was built in 1924 [4] and is the only remaining "Western Rivers" style sidewheel river excursion steamboat in the United States. [2] She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National ...

  7. Paddle steamer - Wikipedia

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    Finlandia Queen, a paddle-wheel ship from 1990s in Tampere, Finland [ 1 ] 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 ...

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