The Greene Line was a line of river steamships along the Ohio River. The name was changed in 1973 to Delta Queen Steamboat Company.

History

The company was started in 1890 by

Gordon C. Greene Captain Gordon Christopher Greene (September 8, 1862 - January 20, 1927), was the owner of the Greene Line of river steamboats. Biography He was born on September 8, 1862, in Newport, Ohio. In 1890 he started the Greene Line of river steamboats w ...

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 brother w ...

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, and Thomas R. Greene ran the company. The company name was changed in 1973 to "Delta Queen Steamboat Company".

Ships

* H. K. Bedford (1886) was built in 1886 and purchased from the previous owner in 1890 and named after Henry K. Bedford. *

Gordon C. Greene (steamboat) ''Gordon C. Greene'' was a paddle steamer, launched in 1923, that operated under several names before sinking in St. Louis in 1967. Ship history The ship was built by the Howard Ship Yards & Dock Company (now Jeffboat) at Jeffersonville, Indian ...

(1923) named after

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. * Delta Queen (1924) was built in 1924 and purchased from the previous owner in 1946 *

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 Compan ...

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. *

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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