Topic starter
25/04/2010 1:45 pm
Greetings From Chattanooga !
A few weeks ago I made the trip to Chatanooga , Tenn. to visit an old friend , the Str. Delta Queen . The last time I had seen her was when she left New Orleans and was locking through the Industrial Canal Lock and on her way to Chattanoog via the Intercostal Waterway and the Tombigbe River .
For the most part she still looked pretty good although she just quite did not look the same especially without her Whistle and Golden Antlers .
One thing that did surprise me was the fact that a make shift dinner was served on the Forward Texas Deck and that an open flame gas grill was used to cook short ribs and other meats . I was not aware that this means of cooking was permitted but evidently it is now allowed . Go figure !
It was a real sentimental journey to come home and to pay my respects to this particular old friend and many of the memories and ghosts of the past came back to me to remind me of my early days on the river and that day and time ! For me the Str. Delta Queen truly is a Time Machine and who said that you can never go home was sadly mistaken !
Smooth Sailing !
Ted Davisson
25/04/2010 11:37 pm
Ted, In the third photo there appears to be a large rectangular object on the roof in front of the calliope - or is that a part of the bridge in the background?
26/04/2010 1:04 am
It greatly concerns me that open flame is being used on the boat. I just finished a marine firefighting course--open flame on a wooden super-structure boat? Are you kidding? We knew that when the boat was cruising--no sterno, no flaming desserts, no birthday candles--and now, a grill? The number one cause of fires on vessels is human error. I doubt there are professional fire-fighters living on board, as there were when the vessel was running. Fire doubles every minute. By the time the city firefighters respond to that fire, the Delta Queen will be gone. Are they allowed to do this, with their insurance and lease? They shouldn't be!
26/04/2010 1:23 am
John, that is a counterweight for the Chief John Ross drawbridge. They no longer open the draw (bascule), but everything is still in place to operate it, I think. Those are just massive blocks of cast concrete used as counterweights.
Topic starter
26/04/2010 9:08 pm
John , Bob is right !
Greetings From New Orleans !
John , Bob is right concerning the object that appears over the caliope of the Str. Delta Queen . I am encloing another picture of the bridge with a better view of the bridge and the couonter weight !
Hope yoou enjoy !
Smooth Sailing !
Ted Davisson
John Fryant;21293 wrote: Ted, In the third photo there appears to be a large rectangular object on the roof in front of the calliope - or is that a part of the bridge in the background?
