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Chicago was launched on 10 April 1930 by Mare Island Naval Shipyard under the supervision of Naval constructor Charles W. Fisher Jr., sponsored by Miss E. Britten; and commissioned on 9 March 1931, Captain Manley H. Simons in command. [4] She was originally classified as a light cruiser, CL-29, because of her thin armor.
The James J. Versluis is a tugboat operated by the Chicago Water Department. [1] She is 90 feet (27 m) long, and built in 1957. [2] James J. Versluis with the Chicago Skyline on the horizon. She was named after a former director of the Water Department. [3]
USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser commissioned in 1931 and active in World War II, until lost at the Battle of Rennell Island in January 1943. USS Chicago (CA-136) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, commissioned in 1945; later converted to an Albany-class guided missile cruiser and redesignated CG-11, then struck in 1984.
Show Boat MP 30a ^30a Production starring W. C. Fields as Captain Andy. 1931 (Season 13) ... ^2012a When Chicago was presented in 1977, it was the Broadway production ...
The Par-A-Dice opened on November 20, 1991, in Peoria, Illinois, and moved across the river to East Peoria on May 18, 1993. [4] [6]According to the Alton Telegraph, in its third week of operation, the Par-A-Dice made $660,093 from 17,160 passengers, a higher amount of passengers than the Alton Belle Casino.
The Columbia was built at Clinton, Iowa in 1897. Originally a packet boat, it was converted to an excursion boat in 1905. [4]In 1912, a well-respected captain, Herman F. Mehl of Peoria, formed the Herman F. Mehl Excursion Company, [4] and bought the Columbia from Captain Walter Blair of Davenport, Iowa. [5]
Streckfus Steamers was a company started in 1910 by John Streckfus Sr. (1856–1925) born in Edgington, Illinois.He started a steam packet business in the 1880s, but transitioned his fleet to the river excursion business around the turn of the century.
The Illinois was a fireboat operated by the Chicago Fire Department. [1] She was commissioned in 1888, and she was then described as the most powerful fireboat afloat. [2] She was one of the first fireboats to have a steel hull at a time when other fireboats were built of wood.