President (Excursion boat, 1934?)
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
BOAT TYPE: Excursion boat
BUILT: 1924 at Midland, Pennsylvania (hull)
FORMERLY: Cincinnati
OWNERS: Streckfus Steamers (1933); New Orleans Steamboat Company (1981)
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Verne Streckfus (master)
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4578; After being sold to Streckfus Steamers, she received an entire new superstructure and came out on July 4, 1934 as the best excursion boat on the rivers. She could carry 3,100 passengers. In 1944, after she became the full-time excursion boat in New Orleans, her guards were glass-enclosed. In 1978 she was converted to diesel. She was still operating in 1983
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The President is docked and a tightrope walker is manuevering across the water in front of the boat
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