General Info and Active Steam Vessels
{ Steamboats.com }
Nori Muster's site with a wealth of steamboat information
{ The Delta Queen Steamboat Co. }
Home of the Delta Queen steamboats (New Orleans, LA)
{ Belle of Louisville/Spirit of Jefferson }
Official site for the Belle of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
{ Steamboat Natchez and New Orleans Steamboat Co. }
Two websites for the steamboat Natchez (New Orleans, LA)
{ Great River Steamboat Co. }
Home of the Julia Belle Swain (La Crosse, WI)
{ Steamboat Masters and Associates, Inc. }
Lots of background, with articles and a store
{ The Legend of Steamboating the Rivers }
Incredibly large site with audio, video, images, databases, and more
{ Riverboats, Steamboats, Sternwheelers and Sidewheelers }
Dave Dawley's site with a gigantic directory and other useful features
{ Sternwheel Paddle Steamer Natchez IX }
More information regarding the Natchez
{ Rio Colorado }
Robert Scripps' page at steamboating.com detailing his home-built steam sternwheeler
{ Sternwheelers and Sidewheelers }
The National park Service's page on existing US paddlewheelers
{ Rio Colorado }
More on the Rio Colorado
{ Paddle Steamer Resources }
A list of all active steamers in North America
{ Steamboatin' }
Some nice specs of the Queens at the bottom of this page
{ Greenfield Village }
Steamer Suwanee at the Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI
Organizations
{ Grand Excursion 2004 }
Huge steamboat event on the Upper Mississippi in the summmer of 2004
{ American Sternwheel Association }
A gathering of owners of paddlewheel boats
{ Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society, Inc. }
Vevay, IN based organization for the preservation of American sternwheelers, and also home of the Barbara H
{ Sternwheel Regatta }
Homepage of the event in Charleston, WV
{ America's River }
Part of Vision Iowa, the riverfront revitalization project at the Port of Dubuque
{ Wheeling Heritage Port Sternwheel Festival }
Annual sternwheeler event in Wheeling, WV
{ Tall Stacks }
The celebrated festival in Cincinnati, OH
Steamboat History and Museums
{ Historic Harrison County: Riverboats }
100 pictures of various boats at the Harrison (IN) County Webpage
{ Steamboat Travel on San Francisco Bay and Beyond }
Article from the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society about the Delta Queen and Delta King
{ Sternwheeler W. T. Preston }
Snagboat in Anacortes, WA
{ National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium }
Museum complex that is an extension of the old NMRM in my hometown of Dubuque, IA
{ Steamboat History }
Not sure about the validity of this site, but it appears to have some good information
Steamboat Modeling
{ Ageless Engines }
Providers of model steamboat engines (scroll down)
{ Sternwheeler Dorine }
Impressive model built by Nicholas F. Starace II
{ Paddlewheels and Props }
Model Plans by John Fryant
Steamboat Engines
{ Steam Engine Library }
Online books at the University of Rochester, NY
{ Steam Engine History }
Info and links at About.com
{ Steamboat Engine Room }
Twaintimes site with good information on basic operation
{ Western Rivers Steamboat Engines }
Great excerpts from "The Elements of Marine Engineering"
Building Resources
{ Paddlesteamer Calculations }
References to steam engine and riverboat manuals
{ Building a Sternwheel Boat }
Wally Venable's site with much to offer towards sternwheel construction
{ M/V Pioneer }
Website detailing the process of building a sternwheeler
{ Sternwheel Riverboat Harbor }
Gary Morton's site that covers everything from hulls to drive systems to plumbing
Other Good Websites
{ Travis' Steam Calliope Homepage }
Calliopes and some boat pics, site by Travis Vasconcelos
{ Sternwheeler and Paddleboat }
A forum at usawaterways.com about steamboats and building a paddlewheeler
{ Richardson's Landing }
Any good boat needs a well-built whistle
{ M/V Clyde }
One of the most beautiful boats I have ever seen, built by Ed Newcomb
{ A Big Collection of Steamboat Stuff }
Webring with several river-related sites
{ Donald Stewart's Homepage }
Good variety of steamboat pages
{ Willie and Buster's Whirlwind Tour of the World }
Lots of steamboat and river info here