home town paddle wheels

[ky paddlewheeler]

here is a few paddle wheel boats in my home town nichlasville ky. I wanted to share with you guys.the top and the bottom picks are the same boat. the names of them are, top the dixie belle ,and the john craig wich is the oldest still continuous business in ky the valley view ferry wich ownes the boat, john craig started it in 1785!

[towboatjoe]

Hey, I took a ride on that boat back in '96. I think it was that year. Here's some paddlers around my area.

[ky paddlewheeler]

and is that near ashland. as soon as i finsh the creole queen im going to start on the john craig as this was the first paddle wheel I've been on that was about 9 year ago I was 5 Im 14 so im yung gun modeler

[T.J.]

What ever happened to the Candon Queen?

[towboatjoe]

Yep that's near Ashland. I don't know what happened to the Camden Queen. Last record I have of her is 1992. She wasn't listed in the inland river record book after that.

[steamboatmodel]

Hi Joe,
Nice photos, do all of the towboats sit that low in the water?
What is the average freeboard on a 1 to 1 size boat?
Regards,
Gerald

[towboatjoe]

At average the freeboard is around eighteen inches. Some boats when fully loaded and topped off with fuel may only have about eight inches of freeboard. When they are low on fuel and provisions the freeboard can be as much as two feet.