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Title	Delta Queen (steamboat)
Description	The "Delta Queen" and her sister ship "Delta King" were fabricated in Scotland and disassembled for shipment to San Francisco. She was then sent to Stockton, California where she was reassembled and fitted for work in the Sacramento area. In 1941 she was taken over by the Navy for use in the Bay area. The Green Line bought her at public auction after the war. She was taken through the Panama Canal and into the Mississippi River, finally arriving at Cincinnati and on to Pittsburg where she was refurbished and refitted. She then went into service for the Green Line, mostly on the Ohio and Mississippi but on the other rivers, also. In 1970 the "Delta Queen" was given an exemption from the more stringent regulations governing wooden constructed boats by the U.S. Congress. In 1998 she was, once again, brought up to date for continued river use into the new millennium. The "Delta Queen" has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
Creator	William Harvey, photographer
Date	1990
Subject	Steamboats; Madison-Milton Bridge; Ohio River
Type	image; postcard
Format	Original: tif, scanned at 600dpi. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.; Scanned image of 3 x 5 postcard loaned by Kenneth McClain
Rights	Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Jefferson County Historical Society. Please contact at 615 W. First St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2335.
Coverage	Indiana-Jefferson County-Madison
Source	Jefferson County Historical Society
Identifier	"JCHSV900580"; "MJCPLriver0033"
Notes	Metadata resources: Jefferson County Historical Society; MJCPL Historical Files; Way's Packet Directory; cybercruises.com