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2. 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 ...

3. Robert E. Lee (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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   The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and the riverboat cost more than $200,000 to build. [2] She was named for General Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. The steamboat gained its greatest fame for racing and beating the then-current speed record holder, Natchez, in an 1870 steamboat race. [3] [4]

4. River Cruise Review: American Queen Steamboat Company - AOL

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   Perhaps more than any other river and ship, the Mississippi and the American Queen steamboat evoke the grandeur and history of a bygone age. The world's largest paddlewheel steamboat, the American ...

5. Natchez (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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   This page was last edited on 8 January 2008, at 07:17 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

6. Cruise line with Northwest steamboat tours shuts down ... - AOL

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   Cruise line with Northwest steamboat tours shuts down, laying off 500+ Tri-City Herald staff. February 21, 2024 at 6:50 PM. ... American Queen Voyages, aka American Queen Steamboat Co., ...

7. List of U.S. flagged cruise ships - Wikipedia

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   List of current U.S. flagged cruise ships and river boats in the United States. Due to the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 , these are the only overnight passenger ships currently eligible to sail solely between U.S. ports without the need for a foreign port stopover.

8. Anchor Line (riverboat company) - Wikipedia

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   Anchor Line steamboat City of New Orleans at New Orleans levee on Mississippi River. View created as composite image from two stereoview photographs, ca. 1890. The Anchor Line was a steamboat company that operated a fleet of boats on the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1859 and 1898, when it went out of business.

9. Steamboat - Wikipedia

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   A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term steamboat is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels working on lakes, rivers, and in short-sea shipping. The development of the steamboat led to the larger steamship, which is a seaworthy and often ocean-going ship.