American Queen Steamboat

The American Queen Steamboat is the largest ever built.  She was built in 1995.  She is a six-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat, built by McDermott Shipyard for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co.

We arrived at the Limestone Landing est. 1784 and reestablished in 1992, in Maysville, Ky.

The walk down to where the steamboat is dock was interesting.....a short tunnel of hand print tiles.

We then saw one of the Heritage Quilt squares (from the Maysville Heritage Quilt Trail, which will be covered in a later blog)

This one is call "Riverboat"

There she was the American Queen!

                                             
                                             The Bell.

                         
                                           The Paddle Wheel

We walked over to the railroad tracks to get a better view.....

This view shows the Steamboat and railroad tracks and the Simon Kenton Bridge.
We decided to check out the city of Maysville and returned just as the steamboat was getting ready to leave and continue her journey.
                                               Lowered smoke stacks, to be able to get under
                                               the Simon Kenton Bridge.

Once she got away from the dock a very pleasant thing happened....the playing of the Calliope!
It played all until it was out of sight.

                                          Going under the bride.

Paddle Wheel...

Raising of the smoke stacks...first one..






Then the other......

What a great experience.  I would loved to have gone on board.  It would be fun to take a cruise on the Ohio on the American Queen!!!

The next part will be of Maysville, Ky. which has a lot of things to see...a great place to spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon.....