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Stockton History
Delta Queen in Steamship Race

Era: 1937 - 1938
Photographer: Leonard Covello
 The Delta Queen is shown in a race in the Stockton Channel in the late 1930's.

The Delta Queen was manufactured in Stockton in 1926 by the California Transportation Company. A hull, fabricated in Scotland, was used to build the ship, which was the largest steamship on the San Joaquin Delta run between Stockton and San Francisco.

The steamers proved not to be profitable, and the Delta Queen was sold for service on the Mississippi River, and, later, the Ohio River, having traversed the Panama Canal.

She is currently back on the Mississippi River providing scenic tours.
Photo and information courtesy of the
Bank of Stockton Photo Collection.
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