We crossed the famous riverboat Delta Queen as she was cruising upbound on the Tennessee River in Kentucky Lake on her way to Chattanooga. I blew a one whistle passing signal and she replied with one whistle from her steam whistle. The plume of steam from her whistle rose high into the sky .
Built in 1926, gleaming with four decks of teak and original Tiffany-style stained-glass windows, the Delta Queen accommodates just 176 guests, all in outside staterooms. Unique touches abound, including a rare ironwood floor gracing the Orleans Room, the heart of the ship's nightlife, and an 1897 steam calliope that was once salvaged from a sunken showboat and sold to a circus. You'll even find the very same ship's bell that sounded out landings for the steamboat Mark Twain rode downriver in 1883.
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