On June 1, 1927, the Delta King sternwheel steamboat made its first voyage from San Francisco to Sacramento. The Delta Queen, its sister ship, followed the next day. The 81-mile trip took 10 hours and the Delta King arrived in Sacramento on June 2nd at 7am. The Sacramento Bee dubbed the steamboat the “King of the Sacramento.” The 285-foot steamer continued its regular service between Sacramento and San Francisco until 1940 when it was used during the Second World War by the U.S. Navy, along with

Steamboat Delta Queen on the Ohio River, playing the Calliope

An iconic riverboat that called Cincinnati home for several decades will get another chance to cruise the river for overnight tours. Christian Hauser Local 12 tells us what it took to get her running on the river again: http://bit.ly/2Ql4oMn Would you take a trip on the Delta Queen? | LOCAL 12, WKRC-TV