Video: Delta Queen says goodbye to Chattanooga, hello to Big Easy

March 23, 2015 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated March 23, 2015 at 4:59 a.m.

by John Rawlston

Spectators line the bank of the Tennessee River as the Delta Queen paddle wheel steamboat waits for departure from Coolidge Park on Sunday, Mar. 22, 2015, in Chattanooga.
Spectators line the bank of the Tennessee River as the Delta Queen paddle wheel steamboat waits for departure from Coolidge Park on Sunday, Mar. 22, 2015, in Chattanooga.

Fixed to the bank of the Tennessee River at Coolidge Park since 2009, the Delta Queen was used as a floating hotel and restaurant for much of its time in Chattanooga. It is headed to New Orleans to be refurbished in hopes that it can return to service in 2016.

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