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17" T

Robert E. Lee is the record-setting winner of the Great Steamboat Race of 1870. Newspapers of the day reckoned that millions of dollars were wagered on the outcome of the New Orleans- to-St. Louis race, which attracted international attention. The Lee’s three-day, 18-hour, and 14-minute victory was an upset for the favored title holder, the Natchez.   
 

34" L
17" T

Riverboats were jacks of all trades. They served as the lifeline for cotton and inland trade, towed barges and ferried railroad trains across the river. As passenger boats, they helped to shrink the vastness of America, and as showboats, they made that vastness a little less lonely.

34" L
17" T

Mount Washington was the Queen of the Winnipesaukee fleet and dominated the lake transportation business.  She was the fastest of the all steamers on lake Winnipesaukee-- New Hampshire's largest lake.

The legendary National Historic Landmark Delta Queen has been at home on the Mississippi River system since 1947. Lovingly preserved and maintained, she's an echo from the Great Steamboat Era. The Delta Queen was bought and went through the Panama Canal to the Mississippi in the late 1940s.

The Delta King was called the million dollar boat.  It was constructed from 1924 to 1927 on the River Clyde at the Isherwood Yard in Glasgow, Scotland.  Both Delta King and Delta Queen run for the California Transportation Company of San Francisco on the so called "Delta Route", the Sacramtento - San Joaquin River Delta, which gave them their names.  Sign up for updates: Wish list or have it faster: commission it.

The Southern Belle was built to move a long string of barges in shallow rivers.  Although known as a tow boat the Southern Belle was lashed tight to the last barge in the string and pushed the barges wherever they went.  This method of transportation is very inexpensive.  Sign up for updates: Wish list or have it faster: commission it.

The biggest Sternwheeler ever built plies its trade on the Mississippi River-complete with old fashioned calliope tunes and Riverboat gamblers.  Sign up for updates: Wish list or have it faster: commission it.