Delta Queen Steamboat Company
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The Greene Line was a line of river steamships along the Ohio River. The name was changed in 1973 to Delta Queen Steamboat Company.
History
[edit | edit source]The company was started in 1890 by Gordon C. Greene with Henry K. Bedford. When Gordon died in 1927 his sons: Christopher Becker Greene, Henry Wilkins Greene, and Thomas R. Greene ran the company.[1][2] In 1969, a charter airline, Overseas National Airways (ONA) bought the company[3] and changed its name in 1973 to "Delta Queen Steamboat Company".[4] ONA commissioned the construction of the Mississippi Queen, but by the time the new ship first sailed in 1976, ONA had sold the company to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York.[5][6]
Ships
[edit | edit source]- H. K. Bedford (1886) was built in 1886 and purchased from the previous owner in 1890 and named after Henry K. Bedford.[7]
- Gordon C. Greene (steamboat) (1923) named after Gordon C. Greene
- Thomas Greene (steamboat) (1925) named after Thomas R. Greene.[8]
- Delta Queen (1924) was built in 1924 and purchased from the previous owner in 1946
- Mississippi Queen (steamboat) Built in the 1970s, and is not currently cruising, because it is being stripped, it also has the largest calliope to be put on a steamboat.
- American Queen Built in 1994, the largest Steamboat that works, now the flag ship for the American Queen Steamboat Company.
References
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- ^ The Mississippi Queen Detroit Free Press, 18 April 1976
- ^ One more look at the Mississippi Queen, Cincinnati Post, 31 July 1976
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