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Largest steamboat built comes to Wis.

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By Katie Priebe - bio | email

LA CROSSE (WKOW) -- The largest steamboat ever built comes to Wisconsin.

The American Queen, built in 1995, pulled into La Crosse on Wednesday.

The American Queen can hold up to 440 passengers and 100 crew members. It's on a seven-day cruise that started in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday and will continue upriver to St. Paul, Minnesota.

The Queen returns to La Crosse on Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on its return trip to St. Louis. The Queen is traveling on the Mississippi River.

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