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City of Louisville, City of Cincinnati, White Collar Line. In 1894, at a time when the river trade was visibly declining, Commodore Laidley of the White Collar Line set to work to build and put into the Lousiville and Cincinnati trade three of the finest steamers built within the two previous decades on the Ohio River. They were acutally built from an architect's drawing. The three were completed by 1898 - the City of Louisville, 307 feet long, the City of Cincinnati, 300 feet long, and the Indiana, 285 feet long. All were equipped with a type of upholstery that bespoke a restraint over the luxuries of older boats, but they had large and commodius stateroomsthe cabins were spacious and airy. The gingerbread work was reduced to a minimum, and the City of Louisville had the most graceful dip in her cabin that ever was seen. The machinery of an Anchor Liner, the City of Providence, when that boat sank, went into the long slim City of Cincinnati. The City of Cincinnati and the City of Louisville, operated in the Louisville and Cincinnati trade and were known as the twin packets. They were remarkable for their speed, especially the City of Louisville. Over that one hundred and fifty mile stretch of river between Louisville and Cincinnati this last of the fast boats made better time than any of her predecessors. This is the course of the oldest steamboat company in existence and the City of Louisville still holds her record...
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