[PRCo] Delta Queen and Successors

[Dwight Long]

Herb

It and the Mississippi Queen were commissioned by the same company that owned the Delta Queen,  which was the successor in interest to the old Greene Line of Cincinnati, the company that sent Fred Way out to Calif. after WW II to choose either the Queen  or King and sail the chosen one back to Neville Island to be modified into the DQ  as we knew her on the river.  He wrote a book about this adventure—quite a tale.  The later Queens were built for two reasons:  insufficient capacity for the tour business on the DQ; and concern (well placed as it turned out) that the DQ, because it was not an all steel boat, at some point in time would not be given another exemption by the Feds to operate on the Western Rivers. 

The Delta King is a non-operational floating hotel and restaurant tied up on the river in Sacramento, not far from the Calif. RR museum.  One can watch trains crossing the river while having a drink on its outer deck, a pleasant way to spend a nice summer afternoon.

Both original Queens  were built by John Brown’s boatyard on the Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, and shipped disassembled to San Francisco where they were reassembled. They provided overnight steamer service between the City and Sacramento until WW II, when the Navy requisitioned them for service.  After WW II they were offered as war surplus—see above.

Dwight

From: Herb Brannon 
Sent: Saturday, 03 August, 2013 22:54
To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Steamboat Avalon (now the Belle of Louisville)
While we're on the subject of steamboats around Pittsburgh I did notice
something a few days ago. I was at Station Square and when leaving via
Carson Street I saw a large, new, "tour" type bus painted with the logo and
river boat scenes of the "American Queen". I just opened the email on the
"Avalon" and decided to "bing" the American Queen.

I've attached a photo of it. It apparently is the reincarnation of the old
"Delta Queen" and makes regular scheduled runs up and down the Mississippi
and Ohio Rivers. The schedule indicates it will be leaving Pittsburgh for
St. Louis on August 10th. I will have to keep an eye out for this riverboat
when it gets into Pittsburgh.


On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:

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> This is a follow-up to the discussion a week or two ago about
> sternwheelers on the Pittsburgh rivers.  At that time I couldn't find the
> photo I took of the excursion sternwheeler Avalon in 1957. Attached is the
> photo of the Avalon taken as passengers disembarked on the Monongahela
> wharf. Also a photo of a sternwheeler towboat that I took the same day,
> looking toward the Liberty Bridge, incline and P&LE station.
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