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  2. Marietta, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Ohio River Sternwheel Festival. The annual Ohio River Sternwheel Festival was founded in 1976, [43] and features Sternwheeler ships gathering on the Ohio River in Marietta. The event attracts an estimated 100,000 attendees per year. [44] Other boating events include the Ralph Lindamood Memorial Regatta, the Marietta Invitational Regatta, and ...

  3. Williamstown, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Since 1976, the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival has been a major event on both sides of the Ohio River, in the towns of Williamstown and Marietta, Ohio. The celebration was created around the races of the sternwheelers (also known as the paddle steamer ) that the Mid-Ohio Valley is known for, and today there are pageants, live music, food and a ...

  4. Centre Market Square Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Centre Market Square Historic District is a historic district in Wheeling, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. The district includes 181 contributing buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles dating from as early as about 1850.

  5. Haddad Riverfront Park - Wikipedia

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    In October 1994, the Charleston Festival Commission blamed the construction of Haddad Waterfront Park for the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta's $60,000 deficit in 1994 and the event's $75,000 deficit in 1993. [3] The commission explained that attractions for the regatta had to be scaled back due to the construction. [3]

  6. Chautauqua Belle - Wikipedia

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    Chautauqua Belle steaming down the Chadakoin River, June 2008. The Chautauqua Belle is 98 feet (30 m) long and 22 feet (6.7 m) wide, and weighs 70 tons fully loaded. She has a 100-horsepower Scotch steam boiler aboard which supplies steam at 210 pounds per square inch (1,400 kPa) to the two 20 horsepower steam engines which turn her paddlewheel.

  7. Exclusive View: Wheeling and Dealing At The Cannes Lions Festival

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  8. Charleston, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Charleston Sternwheel Regatta is an annual river festival held on the Kanawha Boulevard by Haddad Riverfront Park on the Kanawha River. Founded in 1970, it was originally held during Labor Day weekend each year until its discontinuation in 2008, but after its revival in 2022, it is now held during Independence Day weekend. The event has ...

  9. Shoshone (Snake River sternwheeler) - Wikipedia

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    In preparation for running this section, they stopped to make further repairs to the sternwheel and gather more wood for fuel. While they were cutting trees, a log rolled over Captain Miller and he was knocked unconscious until the next day. Once he came to, the boat went on, although Captain Miller had been severely injured.