The Greene Line was a line of river steamships along the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

. The name was later changed 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

Christopher Becker Greene

Captain Christopher Becker Greene was the head of the Greene Line of steamboats after the death of his father.-Biography:...

, Henry Wilkins Greene, and Thomas R. Greene ran the company. The company name was changed to "Delta Queen Steamboat Company".

Ships

• H. K. Bedford
  H. K. Bedford
  The H. K Bedford was a passenger and trade ship of the Greene Line.-History:It was built in 1886 at Jeffersonville, Indiana for trade along the Ohio River and upper Cumberland River. In June of 1890 she was purchased by Gordon C. Greene. She was caught in an ice floe and sank on February 29, 1912...
  
   (1886) was built in 1886 and purchased from the previous owner in 1890 and named after Henry K. Bedford.
• Gordon C. Greene (steamboat)
  Gordon C. Greene (steamboat)
  The Gordon C. Greene was built as the Cape Giradeau in 1923. The ship sank St. Louis in 1967....
  
   (1923) named after Gordon C. Greene
• Thomas Greene (steamboat) (1925) named after Thomas R. Greene.
• Delta Queen
  Delta Queen
  The Delta Queen is an American sternwheel steamboat that is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Historically, she has been used for cruising the major rivers that constitute the drainage of the Mississippi River, particularly in the American South. As of June 2009, she is docked in Chattanooga,...
  
   (1924) was built in 1924 and purchased from the previous owner in 1946
• Mississippi Queen (steamboat)
  Mississippi Queen (steamboat)
  The Mississippi Queen was the second largest paddle wheel driven river steamboat ever built. The ship was the largest such steamboat when she was built in 1976 by the Delta Queen Steamboat Company at Jeffboat in Indiana and was a seven-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat now owned by...
  
   Built in the 1970's, and is not currently cruising, because it is being stripped, it also has the largest calliope to be put on a steamboat.

• American Queen
  American Queen
  American Queen is the largest steamboat ever built. The ship was built in 1995 and is a six-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat, built by the Delta Queen Steamboat Company...
  
  Built in 1994, the largest Steamboat that works, it is currently docked in Texas, Future Unknown.