Thursday, October 07, 1999
Riverboat no longer tipsy
Concrete fixes Belle's list to port
BY MARIE McCAIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Once it was a floating casino, weighed down with slot machines, gaming tables and tons of coins. Wednesday, the Belle of Cincinnati became home to nearly 10 tons of concrete instead.
The river boat was docked at the Public Landing along Pete Rose Way, while workers spent more than five hours filling a starboard cavity in its steel hull with the sedimentary mixture.
The process alleviated a 6-inch list to the port side that was more obvious once the gaming machines were removed for the Belle's new role as an excursion boat, said Bob Ware, owner of Ware Concrete, the Columbia Tusculum contractor hired to do the work.
Most boats are built with such lists to compensate for the weight of cargo or fixtures. The Belle of Cincinnati was a gaming boat from 1992 to 1994 in Mississippi under the name Emerald Lady, said Alan Bernstein, owner of Covington-based BB Riverboats Inc., which acquired the riverboat in May.
Even though it is now an excursion boat, the Belle of Cincinnati will not appear in Tall Stacks next week, Mr. Bernstein said.
His company will be represented by the River Queen, a 525-passenger excursion riverboat.
The Belle of Cincinnati will probably make its appearance at Tall Stacks 2003, Mr. Bernstein said.
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