Talk:Natchez (boat)
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Latest comment: 13 years ago by Shearonink in topic Origin of Natchez' whistle
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Too many Natchez
editI was using this one website, and it kept finding Natchez that were steamboat. One source says 9, another says nine but indicates eleven. I could use some help.--Bedford (talk) 10:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Natchez III
editDid it sink after a collision, or from rot ? A little claricication could be good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris CII (talk • contribs) 22:30, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Origin of Natchez' whistle
editPer my edit summary here, I think it is pretty clear that the 'Monongabola River' reference is in error.
This next reference is from a blog, but I am placing the URL here to keep the research in one place Steambots.org forum posting. This post from 2007 quotes and references a June 28, 1974 magazine or newspaper (called the Reflector?)
- "A three-chime Lunkenheimer steam whistle was loaded aboard the DELTA QUEEN at Sewickley on Friday, June 28, 1974 consigned to the Frisbie Engine & Machine Works at Cincinnati. The Frisbie firm attended to getting the brass bells polished. It was then shipped to Wilbur and Bill Dow at New Orleans who plan to install it on the new steamboat NATCHEZ...The origin of this whistle is not clear but tradition has it that it once was on a steamboat and then was placed on the South side (Pittsburgh) mill of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. It was brought to 121 River through the good offices of Raymond D. Powell. The whistle goes to the new NATCHEZ with the compliments and good wishes of S&D."