Riverboat may make last visit
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The Delta Queen riverboat’s Wednesday afternoon visit to Baton Rouge is likely to be its last, and local officials will be there to pay tribute to the steam-powered vessel that has plied the Mississippi River for more than 60 years.
The tribute will be at the city dock downtown from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and include a musical performance and historical presentation.
The public is invited.
For 40 years, the Delta Queen has been getting regular exemptions from a 1966 law that banned wooden vessels from carrying 50 or more people on overnight trips.
The Delta Queen has gotten nine exemptions from that law, but Congress has not released a bill from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that would grant another exemption, according to a news release by the Baton Rouge Convention and Visitor Bureau.
The Baton Rouge stop is part of a farewell tour for the boat that will end in New Orleans later this week.
Windstar Cruises, which bought the boat two years ago, said the Delta Queen came to Baton Rouge seven times last year and five times the year before.
Davis Rhorer, executive director of the Downtown Development District, said the Delta Queen has been coming to Baton Rouge for more than two decades.
The tribute will be at the city dock downtown from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and include a musical performance and historical presentation.
The public is invited.
For 40 years, the Delta Queen has been getting regular exemptions from a 1966 law that banned wooden vessels from carrying 50 or more people on overnight trips.
The Delta Queen has gotten nine exemptions from that law, but Congress has not released a bill from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that would grant another exemption, according to a news release by the Baton Rouge Convention and Visitor Bureau.
The Baton Rouge stop is part of a farewell tour for the boat that will end in New Orleans later this week.
Windstar Cruises, which bought the boat two years ago, said the Delta Queen came to Baton Rouge seven times last year and five times the year before.
Davis Rhorer, executive director of the Downtown Development District, said the Delta Queen has been coming to Baton Rouge for more than two decades.
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