[The Patriot]

Lawmakers’ safety exemption for old steamboat alarms Coast Guard

05-18-2017 11:39 AM

Relaunching the now-idle boat would rekindle a connection to the region’s history and inject millions of tourist dollars and hundreds of jobs into states up and down the river, supporters said. There was just one problem: the vote exempted the vessel from a fire safety law despite fresh Coast Guard warnings.


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