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Title: New Orleans
Date: 1911
Description: operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. Little information on the New Orleans has survived. There is even some question whether she was a sidewheeler or a sternwheeler. Her first voyage took place in 1811, when she left Pittsburgh in October, doubled back from Louisville to Cincinnati to prove she could run against the current, and reached New Olreans in January, 1812. For the 1911 centennial

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the DELTA QUEEN's 10-Ton steam engine. "The Pitman Arm retracted on a 10 foot stroke."

Title: President Lido Deck
Description: Photograph of passengers sitting around tables and walking on the top deck of the President steamboat., p11-3-3-58-8

Title: Silver Bow
Description: The Silver Bow was owned and commanded by Captain Thomas W. Rea and was built by the James Rees and Sons Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1869. Official records show her to have been 212 by 32 by 5 1/2 feet. She had three boilers each 40 inches in diameter by 26 feet with cylinders 18 inches by 5 feet. The tonnage is give as 335; carried tonnage is listed as 600 tons. Missouri River

Title: Alice Brown
Description: Empty coal tow. Upbound, Ohio River.

Title: Capitol - 2nd deck
Date: 1930-01
Description: Bandstand located in the ballroom of the excursion steamer CAPITOL. Jan, 1930.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1942-06
Description: The Golden Eagle near Chattanooga on the first trip she had made to a point that far up the Tennessee River.

Title: City of St. Louis
Description: Photograph of the steamer CITY OF ST. LOUIS on a river.

Title: JENNIE LEWIS Bill of Lading
Date: 1864
Description: Photograph of a bill of lading from George W. Hall, commissioning agent from Waverly, Missouri.

Title: Golden Eagle
Description: Excursion steamer Golden Eagle on a drydock.

Title: Admiral Boarding/Disembarking
Date: 1947-06-25
Description: p11-3-1-40-5

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947-05-17
Description: "Golden Eagle" below Eads Bridge St. Louis MO. Picture taken May 17, 1947 before departure for her last trip to Nashville, Tenn. She sank next morning May 18 at Grand Tower Island after striking rock formation and fearing a 6 foot hole in the center seam in the hull. The Pilot Nathan Smith beached her and all passengers & crew were saved. Repeated floods in the summer of 1947 made raising of the

Title: CASTALIA
Description: Plattsmouth, Neb.

Title: FAIRMONT
Description: Photograph of the FAIRMONT

Title: Capitol - 2nd deck
Date: 1930-01
Description: Streckfus CAPITOL ballroom Jan. 1930.

Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the water pump to the boilers, which was located below the main deck (near the hull) on board the steamboat DELTA QUEEN.

Title: JAMES McPHERSON
Description: Photo of the steamer JAMES McPHERSON.

Title: Construction of Cape Girardeau Bridge
Date: 1927
Description: Cape Girardeau Ferry A. C. Jaynes and concrete mixer plant. Moored along Water Street during a flood.

Title: Sequoyah
Description: Photograph of the towboat SEQUOYAH.

Title: Fred Wilson
Description: Photograph of the Steamer FRED WILSON.

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