Thursday, October 25, 2007
A Riverboat Could Be Cruising to the End of the Line - New York Times
A Riverboat Could Be Cruising to the End of the Line - New York Times
What a bummer. Living in Cincinnati and then Aurora, Indiana the Ohio River which drifted by, always gained some mystique when the Delta Queen pass by on occasion. Now it looks like the riverboats days are numbered.
"The Delta Queen was built in 1926 to transport passengers and cargo on California rivers. During World War II, the boat was called into military duty to transport troops on the West Coast.
After the boat was decommissioned in 1947, Greene Line Steamers of Cincinnati bought it for $46,000, and shipped it on a barge through the Panama Canal for use on the Mississippi River system."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/us/25delta.html
www.save-the-delta-queen.org
What a bummer. Living in Cincinnati and then Aurora, Indiana the Ohio River which drifted by, always gained some mystique when the Delta Queen pass by on occasion. Now it looks like the riverboats days are numbered.
"The Delta Queen was built in 1926 to transport passengers and cargo on California rivers. During World War II, the boat was called into military duty to transport troops on the West Coast.
After the boat was decommissioned in 1947, Greene Line Steamers of Cincinnati bought it for $46,000, and shipped it on a barge through the Panama Canal for use on the Mississippi River system."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/us/25delta.html
www.save-the-delta-queen.org
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