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The Natchez IX is modeled not after the original Natchez, but rather the steamboats Hudson and Virginia. Her steam engines were built in 1925 for the steamboat Clairton, from which the steering system also came. From the SS J.D. Ayres were taken the copper bell, made of 250 melted silver dollars.
Her 32 note steam calliope was custom crafted and modeled after the music makers of the Gilded Age. The NATCHEZ is the pride of the Mississippi River and is as beautiful as any of her namesakes.
She is modeled after the showboats Hudson and Virginia, considered to have been two of the most beautiful ships ever built. The steam engines were taken from the Clairton, and the bell, made of 250 melted silver dollars, from the J.D. Ayres. Like her predecessors, the Natchez IX is quick. She has never lost a steamboat race.
The Natchez is the ninth steamboat to bear that name. Its predecessors were all built during the nineteenth century. The current vessel, Natchez IX, was built in 1975 by the New Orleans Steamboat Company. It was modeled after the Hudson, a packet boat that was in operation from 1886 to 1905.
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The ninth Natchez, the SS. Natchez, is a sternwheel steamboat based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Built in 1975, she is sometimes referred to as the Natchez IX. She is operated by the New Orleans Steamboat Company and docks at the Toulouse Street Wharf. Day trips include harbor and dinner cruises along the Mississippi River. The Natchez IX is modeled ...
The first Natchez was a low pressure sidewheel steamboat built in New York City in 1823. It originally ran between New Orleans and Natchez, Mississippi, and later catered to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Its most notable passenger was the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolutionary War, in 1825. Fire destroyed her, while in New Or...
The captain of the second-eighth Natchez, Thomas P. Leathers, sometimes nicknamed "Old Push", was described as savage, reckless, and colorful. He loved to prove his boats were the fastest. He would sometimes throw fatty bacon and hog fat into the engine to dramatically increase the speed of his boats. He would sometimes cause other boats to slow do...
Three vessels used by the US Navy have also borne the name Natchez. The first was the USS Natchez (1827), an 18-gun sloop-of-war with a complement of 190 men, built by Norfolk Navy Yard in 1827. She mainly patrolled the Caribbean. After a final tour of duty in the Caribbean in 1839, Natchez was scrapped at the New York Navy Yardin 1840. A survey ve...
The Natchez IX is modeled not after the original Natchez, but rather the steamboats Hudson and Virginia. Her steam engines were built in 1925 for the steamboat Clairton, from which the steering system also came. From the SS J.D. Ayres were taken the copper bell, made of 250 melted silver dollars.
May 10, 2018 · 1. Natchez Steamboats Marker. Inscription. There have been nine steamboats named Natchez. Natchez VIII operated from 1891 to 1919. This was the last Natchez built before the current Natchez IX was launched in 1975. Number VIII was operated by a female captain, Blanche Leathers.
