![]() ![]() The operators, Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Company, ran excursions, making its maiden voyage downstream to New Orleans for Mardi Gras in 1924. Once the hull was in Cincinnati, the owners expanded the passenger capacity by building two cabin-decks. Hubbard of Pittsburgh and then known as Cincinnati, she was originally planned as an overnight packet boat which carried passengers and freight from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louisville, Kentucky during the summer. Louis, Missouri and Davenport, Iowa.īuilt in 1924 by the Midland Barge Company for John W. Her home ports have been Cincinnati, Ohio New Orleans, Louisiana Vicksburg, Mississippi St. She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989, although these designations were revoked in 2011. Originally named Cincinnati, it was built in 1924 and is the only remaining "Western Rivers" style sidewheel river excursion steamboat in the United States. President is a steamboat that currently lies dismantled in Effingham, Illinois, United States. ![]()
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