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The Creole Queen is a 1,000-passenger paddlewheel riverboat operating out of the Port of New Orleans.She is operated by New Orleans Paddlewheels, Inc. She was built by Halter Marine at Moss Point, Mississippi along the lines of a turn-of-the-century sternwheeler and was christened into service in September 1983.
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Photo of steamer launched in New Basin Canal for excursion to Lake Pontchartrain's north shore, August 19, 1908, photo by E. J. Bellocq Bellocq photograph c. 1915. Bellocq died in 1949, and was buried in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3 in New Orleans. After his death, most of his negatives and prints were destroyed.
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The Mississippi Queen was a genuine stern paddlewheeler with a wheel that measured 6.7 meters (22 ft) in diameter by 11 meters (36 ft) wide and weighed 77 metric tonnes (70 tons). The steamboat also featured a 44 whistle steam calliope , which was the largest on the Mississippi River system.
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Relationships between octoroons and elite Creoles of New Orleans were prohibited, but young men commonly had strong attractions to octoroon women because of their beauty. Because of different social statuses, Creole men and octoroon women were prohibited from marrying. Octoroon balls were used as a way for rich Creoles to obtain an octoroon ...