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''Showboat Branson Belle'' is a riverboat—more specifically, a showboat—on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. The lake is landlocked by the Table Rock Dam on one side and the Beaver Lake Dam on the other side. Being a showboat, she hosts lunch and dinner shows throughout the year. ==Construction and launch== The boat was constructed at its port at White River Landing and was launched on August 12, 1994. The boat was launched into Table Rock Lake at a speed of on launching rails lubricated with two tons of bananas. The bananas were used for lubrication because they were biodegradable and would not have polluted Table Rock Lake as would have grease (lubricant). The boat is claimed by its owner to be the largest ship on a landlocked lake in the United States. Because of modern-day technology, it was possible to design the boat as a riverboat, which incorporates the theater onto a self-powered boat. Most nineteenth-century showboats were designed as rectangular, flat-roofed structures with no power of their own, and were pushed along the river by boats misleadingly called towboats, also known as a pusher (boat). ==Incidents== On December 11, 2010, due to high winds that had come up suddenly, the ''Showboat Branson Belle'' ran aground while cruising on Table Rock Lake. The incident stranded 567 passengers and 76 crew members overnight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Showboat Branson Belle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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