African Queen (boat)
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African Queen
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The African Queen docked under a canvas roof.
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| Location: | Key Largo, Florida |
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| Coordinates: | 25°5′44.06″N 80°26′17.83″W / 25.0955722°N 80.4382861°WCoordinates: 25°5′44.06″N 80°26′17.83″W / 25.0955722°N 80.4382861°W |
| Built: | 1951 |
| Architect: | Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 91001771 |
| Added to NRHP: | February 18, 1992[1] |
The African Queen (also known as S/L Livingstone) is the boat used in the movie The African Queen in which starred Humprey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. It is located at 99701 Overseas Highway in Key Largo, Florida. On February 18, 1992, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1]
The boat was built in 1912 in the United Kingdom for service in Africa on the Victoria Nile and Lake Albert where the movie was filmed in 1951. She was used by the British East Africa Railway from 1912 to 1968 to shuttle cargo and passengers across Lake Albert.
The boat was found in Cairo, Egypt in the 1970's and purchased and shipped to USA. It was at the Holiday Inn in Marathon, Fl owned by John Linebaugh. The boat was of sheat iron rivited construction and still had coal in the bilges.[citation needed]
In 2009, researchers found the craft was built by the marine architect Isaac J Abdela of the Abdela & Mitchell shipyards on the Stroud Canal at Brimscombe, Gloucestershire.[2] In December 2011, plans to restore the boat were announced.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Stroud canal boat follows in wake of African Queen
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16108483
[edit] External links
- Monroe County listings at National Register of Historic Places
- Monroe County listings at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
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