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Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of a United States Army Corps of Engineers sign for Lock and Dam No. 24 along the Mississippi River at Clarksville, Missouri. The photograph was taken on board the steamboat DELTA QUEEN.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN's pitman arm on stroke to the paddle wheel.

Title: Landing at Havana, Illinois
Date: 1972-07
Description: A group of people on the Delta Queen look out towards the shore of Havana, Illinois, where the boat is about to land.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the full view of the 44 Ton Paddle Wheel from the sun deck of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN.

Title: Watchman Dave Tschiggfrie
Date: 1972-07
Description: Watchman Dave Tschiggfrie plays the calliope.

Title: Prepare to cast off lines
Date: 1972-07
Description: A deckhand prepares to cast off lines.

Title: Visitors inspect boat
Date: 1972-07
Description: The Delta Queen is being inspected on what appears to be the shore of Kampsville.

Title: Looks longer than life
Date: 1972-07
Description: The Delta Queen seen from a shore.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the view from the sun deck. Note the tow boat and barges to the right of the flag staff near the shore line. The steamboat DELTA QUEEN would catch up with them later in pictures.

Title: Hear that Calliope
Date: 1972-07
Description: Smoke blows out of pipes.

Title: Paddlewheel nearly stopped, the Queen eases into the auxiliary chamber at Alton
Date: 1972-07
Description: Paddlewheel nearly stopped, the Queen eases into the auxiliary chamber at Alton, her early-rising passengers gathering on the forward promenade deck to observe the activity and admire the skill of her master as she glides silently into the chamber.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the wood-covered "Pursers Office, Cabin Deck" aboard the steamboat DELTA QUEEN.

Title: Gang plank entertainment
Date: 1972-07
Description: Women smiling towards something off-camera. One woman, second from left, holds racing horns. A couple others wear sashes, as if in a beauty pagent.

Title: Making sure of liferaft
Date: 1972-07
Description: A group of deckhands take a look at a liferaft.

Title: Some say the paddlewheel is the most efficient means of marine propulsion ever devised
Date: 1972-07
Description: Some say the paddlewheel is the most efficient means of marine propulsion ever devised; no one will argue that it is the most picturesque. No words can describe the symphony of motion as the pitman travels back and forth; the crank and eccentrics turn, and as she gathers speed, the spray irrigates the mint patch.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN's piston rod extended (10 feet).

Title: Visitors come aboard
Date: 1972-07
Description: A group of visitors board a boat.

Title: Finally secure at Kampsville
Date: 1972-07
Description: Delta Queen seen on the shore of Kampsville.

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