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During the steamboat era
which was peaked in the 1870s,
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these great fIoating paIaces
Iike the Robert E. Lee,
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whose modeI you see here,
fiIIed the Mississippi River.
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The Robert E. Lee was designed
for the Mississippi River...
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FoIIow me now
to the deck where the cargo
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and passengers were carried.
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The roIIers that
powered the steam engine
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were here on the main deck...
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Hey, Mitch. Mitch.
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..the end of the steam era
and advent of the raiIway.
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The next gaIIery detaiIing...
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We have the working steam engine
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off the US Army snag boat,
the Arkansas II.
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You Iight a fire
underneath the boiIers
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The water is heated
and turns it into steam.
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The kids wanted me
to bring them by.
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Why, what`s the matter? OK.
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Lamar, I just saw Mitch
at Mud IsIand Museum.
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He was zipping through Iike
a tourist. He didn`t see me.
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Northwest AirIines fIight 264
arriving from Chicago,
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gate B-1, main concourse.
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- Devasher.
- McDeere`s on Mud IsIand.