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Liberty Belle (ex -Richard F Irvine) at the Magic Kingdom, Disney World, Florida, USA : One genuine modern vessel fitted with steam power .... but an unconventional guided rail steering system !

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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AUSTRALIA

VESSEL	BUILT	LOCATION	NOTES	WEBSITE	OTHER WEBSITES

Kookaburra River Queen II	1986	Brisbane	Equipped with bow thruster	Click
Murray Princess	1986	Mannum
Sydney Showboat II		Sydney

FRANCE

Mark Twain : Very short trips of around 20 minutes through an artificial lagoon with riverbank "attractions" in the Disney fun park, guided by an underwater rail

BRAZIL

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VERY SMALL STEAM-POWERED STERN-WHEELERS

CZECH REPUBLIC

Two small steam powred sternwheelers have been constructed in recent years which offer short trips in the Czech town of Hradec Kralove. The Hradec was built in 1998 and the Kralovny Elisky in 2004 and operate for a company founded in 1998 by Kostkan Jaroslav and Zdenek Balsky which runs short 50-minute cruises every hour on weekends and every hour in the afternoons otherwise.
Website : http://www.paroplavba.wz.cz/

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