Steamboat, Belle of Louisville
| Description: |
The steamboat the Belle of Louisville cruising down the river. The ship was built in 1914 by James Rees & Sons, Co., in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Idlewild and owned by the West Memphis Packet Company. It came to Louisville in 1931 and operated a regular excursion schedule. It was sold and renamed Avalon in 1947 and traveled regularly to ports along the Mississippi, Missouri, St. Croix, Illinois, Kanawha, Ohio, and Cumberland Rivers. After falling into disrepair, the ship was sold at auction in 1962, and purchased by a Louisville area judge. The ship was restored and rechristened the Belle of Louisville. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989, the Belle of Louisville is recognized as the oldest steamboat in operation today. |
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| Origin: | ca. 1970 |
| Source: |
http://cdm17251.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17251coll21/id/98 |
| Collection: |
Transportation |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
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| Subjects: |
steamboats paddle-wheels rivers |
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