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American Queen steamboat cannot complete trip down Mississippi

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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- The American Queen steamboat, which left Louisville on a cruise August 3rd, cannot travel down the Mississippi River because of low water.

The steamboat docked in Memphis, cutting its trip short, unable to continue to Vicksburg, Miss.  The American Steamboat Company says it spoke to the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers before making that decision.

58 passengers remained aboard the American Queen on Thursday night.  About 240 others went on to Vicksburg on a bus.

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