Belle of Louisville
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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.
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Belle of Louisville flying the Jolly Roger during the 2006 Great Steamboat Race
Belle of Louisville at the start of the 2004 Great Steamboat Race
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assists in the salvage of Belle of Louisville after the 1997 incident.
Great Steamboat Race
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The Great Steamboat Race is an annual steamboat race, taking place the Wednesday before the first Saturday of May, three days before the Kentucky Derby, as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival. The rac
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…that the boat carried when named Avalon. The ship's bow was also redesigned by Bates in the late 1960s, to make the boat a better contender in the Great Steamboat Race: the original, blunter bow at maximum speeds showed the tendency for waves to break over it. On April 30, 1963, Belle of Louisville made her first…
The 2007 Race, as seen from Duffy's Landing in Jeffersonville, Indiana
The American Queen was one of only five major riverboats in the United States that are powered by steam.
Competitors start to arrive at the start point of the 2007 Race
Spectators of the 2007 Race at Duffy's Landing in Jeffersonville, Indiana