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Belle of Louisville

40202 Louisville, KY, United States of America (USA) (Kentucky )
Address Louisville Riverwalk
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Navy / Watercraft
  • Steam engines/generators/pumps
  • Historic Engineering Landmarks

Opening times

Admission
Status from 01/2019
 Individuals sightseeing only
Adults ages 13-59: $23; Seniors ages 60+: $22; Children ages 4-12: $13
Contact
Tel.:+1-866-832-00 11  Tel.2:+1-502-574-29 92  
Homepage
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belleoflouisville.org
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Location / Directions
N38.259222° W85.755611°N38°15.55332' W85°45.33666'N38°15'33.1992" W85°45'20.1996"
Louisville is thus the fifth largest city in the country with no passenger rail service.
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Belle of Louisville is a steamboat owned and operated by the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and moored at its downtown wharf next to the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere during its annual operational period. Originally named Idlewild, she was built by James Rees & Sons Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the West Memphis Packet Company in 1914 and was first put into service on the Allegheny River.
Constructed with an all-steel superstructure and asphalt main deck, the steamboat is said to hold the all-time record in her class for miles traveled, years in operation, and places visited.

Career as Belle of Louisville

On April 30, 1963, Belle of Louisville made her first cruise in a race against the steamboat Delta Queen. That race was the beginning of an unparalleled river tradition. To this day, Belle of Louisville and another competing steamboat, previously the Delta Queen, still square off every year on the Wednesday before the Kentucky Derby in the Kentucky Derby Festival event The Great Steamboat Race.

Today, Belle of Louisville is recognized as the oldest river steamboat in operation, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989
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