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River Elbe at Dresden, Germany
PS Diesbar

At Dresden on 3rd September 2004
Built in 1884 at Blasewitz
Length 52.70 metres
2 cylinder oscillating engine built in 1857 by J Penn & Son, Greenwich, England, ex PS Stadt Meissen
622 mm cylinder x 686 mm stroke

Entered service in 1884 named Pillnitz. Renamed Diesbar in 1927
Restoration work to current condition over the winter of 1992-93

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Diesbar at Dresden in 2004

 

 


ELBE / DRESDEN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

2004


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