The year 2018 was one full of historic milestones for the inland waterways, marking both ends and beginnings. A major lock and dam construction project that had threatened to “eat… Read More
Delta Queen
As 2018 draws to a close, the barge industry and its partners and advocates have good reason to be proud of their accomplishments, many of which piled up in rapid… Read More
December 4, 2018, will go down as one of the most significant dates ever for the 91-year-old Delta Queen Steamboat. That’s the date President Donald Trump signed into law the… Read More
The nation’s last authentic overnight steamboat may once again cruise the rivers of America’s heartland and deep south. On November 27, the U.S. House of Representatives reinstated an exemption to… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a Coast Guard authorization measure that key supporters said would set a framework for national ballast water discharge rules. Passed by a vote of… Read More
The Jefferson County (Mo.) Council voted 6-0 with one abstention September 28 to support a river landing and docking station for riverboats in Kimmswick, Mo., with a one-time grant of… Read More
On June 27, a bill favoring the Delta Queen, introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and supported by Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill passed the Senate Commerce Committee. Read More
In last week’s Old Boat Column, we presented the sternwheeler Saint Louis; this Memorial Day issue will focus upon the sidewheeler City of St. Louis, famous in the annals of… Read More
John Hand is a second-generation model boat builder. He learned the hobby from his father, Richard, who began building paddlewheeler models once he returned home from Vietnam in 1970. Read More
