The Greene Line was a line of river steamships along the
Ohio River
The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...
. The name was changed in 1973 to Delta Queen Steamboat Company.
History
The company was started in 1890 by
Gordon C. Greene with
Henry K. Bedford. When Gordon died in 1927 his sons:
Christopher Becker Greene Captain Christopher Becker Greene (1901 - October 20, 1944) was the head of the Greene Line of steamboats after the death of his father.
Biography
He was born in 1901 in Ohio to Mary Catherine Becker and Gordon Christopher Greene, and his brothe ...
,
Henry Wilkins Greene
Henry may refer to:
People
* Henry (given name)
*Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal ...
, and
Thomas R. Greene ran the company. The company name was changed in 1973 to "Delta Queen Steamboat Company".
Ships
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H. K. Bedford (1886) was built in 1886 and purchased from the previous owner in 1890 and named after
Henry K. Bedford.
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Gordon C. Greene (steamboat) (1923) named after
Gordon C. Greene
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Thomas Greene (steamboat) Thomas Greene may refer to:
*Sir Thomas Green (c. 1461–1506), grandfather of Katherine Parr, last wife of Henry VIII
*Thomas Greene (governor) (1609–1651), Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland, 1647–1648/1649
* Thomas Greene (bishop) ...
(1925) named after
Thomas R. Greene.
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Delta Queen
The ''Delta Queen'' is an American sternwheel steamboat. She is known for cruising the major rivers that constitute the tributaries of the Mississippi River, particularly in the American South, although she began service in California on the ...
(1924) was built in 1924 and purchased from the previous owner in 1946
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Mississippi Queen (steamboat)
The ''Mississippi Queen'' was the second-largest paddle wheel driven river steamboat ever built, second only to the larger ''American Queen''. The ship was the largest such steamboat when she was built in 1976 by the Delta Queen Steamboat Company ...
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.
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American Queen
''American Queen'' is said to be the largest river steamboat ever built. 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 ...
Built in 1994, the largest Steamboat that works, now the flag ship for the American Queen Steamboat Company.
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