The American Queen Passing Through The Olmsted Locks

American Queen is said to be the largest river steamboat ever built.[4] The ship was built in 1995 and is a six-deck recreation of a classic... more

by Lisa Wooten

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The American Queen Passing Through The Olmsted Locks

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Lisa Wooten

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Photograph - Photographs

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American Queen is said to be the largest river steamboat ever built.[4] The ship was built in 1995 and is a six-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat, built by McDermott Shipyard for the Delta Queen Steamboat Company. Although the American Queen's stern paddlewheel is indeed powered by a steam engine, her secondary propulsion, in case of an emergency and for maneuverability around tight areas where the paddle wheel can not navigate, comes from a set of diesel-electric propellers known as Z-drives on either side of the sternwheel.[2] She has 222 state rooms for a capacity of 436 guests and a crew of 160. She is 418 feet (127 m) long and 89 feet (27 m) wide. A paddle wheel is a form of waterwheel or impeller in which a number of paddles are set around the periphery of the wheel. . The Olmsted Locks and Dam is a locks and wicket dam on the Ohio River at river mile 964.4. The project is intended to reduce tow and barge delays by replacing the existing older, and frequently congested, locks and dams Number 52 and Number 53. The locks are located about 17 miles upstream from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers at Olmsted, Illinois.
The Olmsted has been operational since August 2018 while the removal of Locks and Dams 52 and 53 should be completed around 2022.[1] The project is both the largest and the most expensive inland waterway project ever undertaken in the United States. Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning.[1] The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon. Wikipedia

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October 25th, 2023