The cabins were built with an open design and the lido was built without a Texas deck. Renamed as President, the newly renovated 285-foot sidewheeler could accommodate 3,000 passengers and the ballroom could host 1,000 dancers. Louis, Missouri, where she served the upscale excursion market. The company moved her to her new home port of St. They refitted the hull with 24 watertight compartments, then built five decks encased within an all-steel superstructure. Streckfus Steamers acquired the Cincinnati in 1933 and stripped it down to its hull. Sometimes Cincinnati cruised upriver into the Pittsburgh area.

They operated Mardi Gras excursions for consecutive years through 1930. The operators, Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Company, ran excursions, making its maiden voyage downstream to New Orleans for Mardi Gras in 1924. Once the hull was in Cincinnati, the owners expanded the passenger capacity by building two cabin-decks. Hubbard of Pittsburgh and then known as Cincinnati, she was originally planned as an overnight packet boat which carried passengers and freight from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louisville, Kentucky during the summer. Louis, Missouri and Davenport, Iowa.īuilt in 1924 by the Midland Barge Company for John W.

Her home ports have been Cincinnati, Ohio New Orleans, Louisiana Vicksburg, Mississippi St. She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989, although these designations were revoked in 2011. Originally named Cincinnati, it was built in 1924 and is the only remaining 'Western Rivers' style sidewheel river excursion steamboat in the United States. President is a steamboat that currently lies dismantled in Effingham, Illinois, United States.

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