Gateway Clipper Fleet

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The Gateway Clipper Fleet is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based fleet of riverboats. The fleet cruises the three rivers of Pittsburgh, the Monongahela, the Allegheny, and the Ohio. The fleet is named after the city of Pittsburgh, which in earlier times was known as the "Gateway to the West" [1]. The original riverboat was the Gateway Clipper, which set sail in 1958. By the mid-1960s, the fleet was comprised of three craft, the Gateway Clipper, the Party Liner, and the Good Ship Lollipop. Today there are five watercraft in the fleet: the 1,000 passenger Majestic; the 600 passenger Party Liner; two 400 passenger craft, the Keystone Belle and the Liberty Belle; and the 150 passenger Good Ship Lollipop. The current Good Ship Lollipop was known as the City of Champions until 1982. There is actually a sixth craft in the fleet. The Party Liner is a barge that is pushed by a towboat named the Gateway Liner [2].

The Gateway Clipper Fleet offers many types of cruises, from day trips for school groups to formal dinner cruises. Shuttle service to PNC Park and Heinz Field is available on days of Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Pitt Panthers home games. The fleet is believed to be the largest inland riverboat fleet in the United States. The fleet formerly was moored at the Monongahela Wharf. Currently it is moored at the Station Square dock.


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