My hubby and i went to new orleans last week and we went on the Natchez cruise! The food and music were excellent! Best creo food and hurricane drink was also very good! We had the best time !
Loved the Natchez husband and I. Took a ride in 2008, 2 times by the way, one on Easter Day with Calioppe playing Easter Parade, and having a super lunch with that incredible bread pudding with wiskey sauce. I will never forget that. Hope to go back one day all the way from Québec. There was an Easter Parade on Decatur when we left the boat. :)
Love the video and, as one of the original crew who joined the Str. Natchez IX while still in the Bergeron Shipyard, I do want to correct one thing Chief Scott mentioned - the Natchez is not the last or only authentic steam-powered sternwheel riverboat still working. The Belle of Louisville is still in operation. Incidentally, it was Captain Clark "Doc" Hawley, First Mate Roddy Hamett, and the deck crew of the Belle of Louisville who traveled down to New Orleans to join the Natchez in the mid-1970s. We originally stayed with Captain Hawley in the General Beauregard Museum's small apartment, before moving in to our own house at 1716 Prytania St, which we called "Little Kentucky." And a big hello to Captain Steve, as solid a riverman as ever walked a deck!
The Delta Queen does not have the exhaust steam stacks, but the Belle of Louisville ( like the JBS ) does, I believe what little is not re condensed just exhausts out the main stacks too. But mainly it is because the Natchez engines condense, so they don't exhaust very much steam, and what little does, can just go up the main stack.
As much as I love steam--boats, trains, engines, etc., I have to take you and the engineer to task for not knowing a steam engine such as this has the cranks at 90 degrees apart NOT 45 degrees, so the engine is self starting at any position of the paddlewheel. The Natchez is a beautiful boat. Also instead of 'engines' Scott should have said 'cylinder', the high pressure cylinder is on the end of the piston rod while the low pressure cylinder is behind it on the piston rod. There are two engines-starboard and port-connected together by the paddle wheel to make ONE unit. Side wheel boats had an engine for each wheel unless it had a walking beam engine. With independent engines it was possible to turn the boat in it's own length by running one engine forward and the other aft. I would have liked to see more of the valve gear and mechanical connections. I remember the Delta Queen which is a cross compound.
The Natchez only has the large low pressure smoke stacks for the firebox (The large towering smoke stacks) but not the smaller high pressure smoke stacks where the steam exhaust comes out for the cylinders unlike the Julia Belle Swain that does(The smaller set of smoke stacks that are towards the rear the ship). What's up with that?
The forward stacks are smoke stacks for smoke and hot burned gases to exit the boiler(s) and the rear stacks are called "scape stacks" for the escaping steam from the cylinders to get to the atmosphere. If a steamboat has the rear stacks it is non-condensing while a steamboat without them is condensing the steam back to water for reuse.
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My hubby and i went to new orleans last week and we went on the Natchez cruise! The food and music were excellent! Best creo food and hurricane drink was also very good! We had the best time !
Supper video , thank you and have good day
I work here when I'm home! It's cool that you did this story :)
Loved the Natchez husband and I. Took a ride in 2008, 2 times by the way, one on Easter Day with Calioppe playing Easter Parade, and having a super lunch with that incredible bread pudding with wiskey sauce. I will never forget that. Hope to go back one day all the way from Québec. There was an Easter Parade on Decatur when we left the boat. :)
I took a ride on the Steamboat Natchez in 2003 and this story makes me want to do it again!
Love the video and, as one of the original crew who joined the Str. Natchez IX while still in the Bergeron Shipyard, I do want to correct one thing Chief Scott mentioned - the Natchez is not the last or only authentic steam-powered sternwheel riverboat still working. The Belle of Louisville is still in operation. Incidentally, it was Captain Clark "Doc" Hawley, First Mate Roddy Hamett, and the deck crew of the Belle of Louisville who traveled down to New Orleans to join the Natchez in the mid-1970s. We originally stayed with Captain Hawley in the General Beauregard Museum's small apartment, before moving in to our own house at 1716 Prytania St, which we called "Little Kentucky." And a big hello to Captain Steve, as solid a riverman as ever walked a deck!
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WHAT CAN I SAY, EVERYONE LOVES STEAMBOATS AND RIVERBOATS SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!! :-D
Amazimg experience. Well recommended. Great food
Excellent story.
The Delta Queen does not have the exhaust steam stacks, but the Belle of Louisville ( like the JBS ) does, I believe what little is not re condensed just exhausts out the main stacks too. But mainly it is because the Natchez engines condense, so they don't exhaust very much steam, and what little does, can just go up the main stack.
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Awesome. Scott, stay away from the boilers...don'tcha know that a watched pot doesn't boil? Hehehe...
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As much as I love steam--boats, trains, engines, etc., I have to take you and the engineer to task for not knowing a steam engine such as this has the cranks at 90 degrees apart NOT 45 degrees, so the engine is self starting at any position of the paddlewheel. The Natchez is a beautiful boat. Also instead of 'engines' Scott should have said 'cylinder', the high pressure cylinder is on the end of the piston rod while the low pressure cylinder is behind it on the piston rod. There are two engines-starboard and port-connected together by the paddle wheel to make ONE unit.
Side wheel boats had an engine for each wheel unless it had a walking beam engine. With independent engines it was possible to turn the boat in it's own length by running one engine forward and the other aft.
I would have liked to see more of the valve gear and mechanical connections. I remember the Delta Queen which is a cross compound.
The Natchez only has the large low pressure smoke stacks for the firebox (The large towering smoke stacks) but not the smaller high pressure smoke stacks where the steam exhaust comes out for the cylinders unlike the Julia Belle Swain that does(The smaller set of smoke stacks that are towards the rear the ship). What's up with that?
The forward stacks are smoke stacks for smoke and hot burned gases to exit the boiler(s) and the rear stacks are called "scape stacks" for the escaping steam from the cylinders to get to the atmosphere. If a steamboat has the rear stacks it is non-condensing while a steamboat without them is condensing the steam back to water for reuse.
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How fast can it go?
Don't pull like a wimp
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See my channel about Moses Dallas a black Confederate ship pilot.
Interesting channel!
It's no good just talking about the pitmans LET US HAVE A LOOK AT THEM WORKING!
Please learn to properly pronounce New Orleans and Natchez.