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[[Image:DeltaQueenRacing.jpg|thumb|The ''Delta Queen'' at the start of the 2004 [[Great Steamboat Race]]]]
The '''Greene Line''' was a line of river steamships along the [[Ohio River]]. The name was changed in 1973 to '''Delta Queen Steamboat Company'''.
==History==
The company was started in 1890 by [[Gordon C. Greene]] with [[Henry K. Bedford]]. When Gordon died in 1927 his sons: [[Christopher Becker Greene]], [[Henry Wilkins Greene]], and [[Thomas R. Greene]] ran the company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=629 |title=Marker #10-84 Captain Gordon C. Greene / Captain Mary Becker Greene |access-date=2011-02-25 |quote=... Mary Becker Greene (1867-1949) married Gordon C. Greene in 1890 and raised three sons - Captain Chris, Captain Tom, and Henry Wilkins. She learned navigation and earned a pilot and masters license, becoming one of the most noted figures on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for more than a half century. The "Greene Line" fleet continued to expand with additions of the "Gordon C. Greene" and the "Delta Queen." Captain Mary Greene served as hostess on these steamboats. She died at the age of 81 on the renowned "Delta Queen," a National Historic Landmark. |publisher=Remarkable Ohio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040351/http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=629 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cincinnativiews.net/Greene_Line.htm |title=Greene Line Steamboats |access-date=2011-02-25 |quote= After Gordon died in 1927 Mary and her two sons, Chris and Tom (both Captains) ran the company. Captain Chris Greene died in 1944 leaving Mary and Tom to run the Greene Line. Mary died shortly after Tom Greene had brought the Delta Queen to Cincinnati in 1949. There is a life-size bronze statue of Captain Mary Becker Greene on the Covington-Newport Kentucky riverwalk overlooking the Cincinnati riverfront. Captain Tom Greene then died in 1950. It was now up to Tom's widow Mrs. Tom (Letha) Greene to take over the reins of the Company. The Greene line was in financial difficulties due to the purchase and renovations of the Delta Queen so Letha was forced to sell all the Greene line boats except the Delta Queen. }}</ref> The company name was changed in 1973 to "Delta Queen Steamboat Company".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steamboats.com/museum/deltaqueentimeline.html|title=Delta Queen Timeline|website=steamboats.com|access-date=2021-12-22}}</ref>
==Ships==
*[[H. K. Bedford]] (1886) was built in 1886 and purchased from the previous owner in 1890 and named after [[Henry K. Bedford]].<ref name=green>{{cite web |url=http://www.newportohiohistory.com/subpage85.html |title=H. K Bedford |access-date=2011-02-25 |quote=The H K Bedford, the beginning of the famous Greene Line of today was built in 1886 at Jeffersonville, Ind. for the upper Cumberland River trade; 149 1-2 ft long, 26 ft beam, tonnage 139. In 1890 she was purchased by Capt. Gordon C Greene from Tim Armstrong and George M Greene and brought to Newport, Ohio, Capt. Greene's home. On June 20, H. E. Bevan, known as "Sandy," went aboard of her on this date and remained with Capt. Greene until Sept. 1896. ... |publisher=Newport Ohio History }}</ref>
*[[Gordon C. Greene (steamboat)]] (1923) named after [[Gordon C. Greene]]
*[[Thomas Greene (steamboat)]] (1925) named after [[Thomas R. Greene]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Steamer Tom Greene Wins Race Upon Ohio River. Thousands Line Banks As The Betsy Ann Goes To Defeat By Small Margin |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1775967902.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+17%2C+1929&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Steamer+Tom+GreeneWins+Race+Upon+Ohio+River&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629033226/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1775967902.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+17,+1929&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Steamer+Tom+GreeneWins+Race+Upon+Ohio+River&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |quote=Commander Tom R. Greene, pilot of the winner, received from Commander Frederick Way, 28, of the Betsy Ann, a set of historic antlers as a symbol of victory ... |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=July 17, 1929 |access-date=2011-02-26 }}</ref>
*[[Delta Queen]] (1924) was built in 1924 and purchased from the previous owner in 1946
*[[Mississippi Queen (steamboat)]] Built in the 1970s, and is not currently cruising, because it is being stripped, it also has the largest calliope to be put on a steamboat.
*[[American Queen]] Built in 1994, the largest Steamboat that works, now the flag ship for the American Queen Steamboat Company.
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