Historic steamboat may be on last cruise - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- The great paddlewheel turned the Ohio River water to a froth as the Delta Queen steamboat, a floating National Historic Landmark, departed Cincinnati, Ohio, on its final scheduled voyage this week.
The Delta Queen is the last running steam-driven, paddlewheeled overnight passenger boat.
The Delta Queen is the last running steam-driven, paddlewheeled overnight passenger boat.
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The boat is a throwback to the 1800s and the era of Mark Twain, when thousands of steam-driven paddlewheelers plied the Mississippi River system.
The Delta Queen is the last of those operating as overnight passenger boats on U.S. waterways, giving riders a 19th-century experience on cruises complete with the carnival-like sounds of the steam-whistle calliope."
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