MEMPHIS — The ongoing drought has left the American Queen steamboat docked in Memphis, unable to paddle on down the Mississippi River because of low water.
A trip that began Aug. 3 at Louisville, Ky., was cut short well before the steamboat’s destination of Vicksburg, Miss.
American Queen Steamboat Company’s Tim Rubacky told The Commercial Appeal that navigation problems caused by sluggish river flow make it unwise for the Queen to go any further south than Helena-West Helena. The decision to lay up at Memphis was made after talking with the Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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My supv wife just drove through that area coming back from a family visit.
ReplyDeleteShe said there wasn't any barge traffic either. She said that some places it's just a small river.