Preserved Paddle Steamers

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STATICALLY PRESERVED PADDLE STEAMER ENGINES (outside of the vessel hull)

Several examples of paddle steamer engines have been preserved and are available for public viewing. One of the finest examples is that of the former Lake Lucerne paddler Pilatus, displayed at the Verkehrshaus, the Swiss National Transport Museum at Lucerne (left)
In a shock decision made in 2008, the engines of PS Goethe (1913, right) were removed and replaced by diesels. They are to be exhibited at the Colonge City Museum (Koelnisches Stadtmueeum) from some time in 2009.

In Liphook, England

PS Caledonia
Although fire detroyed the hull of the former Clyde paddler beyond economic repair in 1980, the triple-expansion engines were salvaged and are now at the Hollycombe Steam Fair Park at Iron Hill, Liphook, Hampshire
Internet Link : Hollycombe Steam Collection

In Southampton, England

PS Empress
The oscillating engine of Cosens' 1879-built paddler were saved from destruction when the vessel was decomissioned in 1955 and are on display at Southampton's Maritime Museum. They were the last set of machinery of this type operating in a British steamer.

In Luzern, Switzerland,

PS Pilatus
Luzern's famous Transport Museum (Verkehrshaus) features the preserved two-cylinder diagonal steam engine of Pilatus (1895-1966) amongst the many exhibits

In Nyon, Switzerland

PS Helvetie
The Musee du Leman has the original triple-diagonal steam engines of PS (now MPV) Helvetie dating from 1926 and removed in 1975

In Thun, Switzerland

PS Giessbach
The oscillating engines of the former Lake Brienz paddler have been rebuilt and are at the Vaporama steam museum at Thun

In Cologne, Germany

PS Goethe
The engines removed from PS Goethe after her 2008 season ended in October of that year are due to be exhibited at the Kolnisches Stadtmuseum, on loan from Goethe's owners, the Koln-Dusseldorfer line.

In Munich, Germany

PS Bohemia
The machinery of the River Elbe paddler Bohemia of 1863 is preserved at the Deutsches Museum

In Duisburg, Germany

PS Libussa
The machinery of the River Elbe paddler of 1870 is preserved at the maritime museum at Duisburg - Ruhrort

In Lauenburg, Germany

PS Kaiser Franz Josef
Engines and paddle wheels of the 1880 Elbe paddler are preserved at the Lauenburg museum.

In Berlin, Germany

PS Marie
Engines of the Ammersee paddler (1878-1908) are preserved at the Deutsches Technik Museum

PS Luitpold.
The engines are also in the Technical museum, Berlin and one of the ex-Chiemsee's paddles is in the Deutsches Museum in Munich

at Dresden, Germany

The local steamer operator decided to scrap two of their paddlers which had been laid up for many years and whose hulls had deteriorated badly. They were scrapped at the slip of the Laubegast yard, but their oscillating engines were saved and are now in store. The ultimate aim is, at some future date, to build new hulls for the engines.

Schmilka
Junger Pionier

In Germany

Diessen
Engines were removed when the Ammersee vessel was dieselised in 1975 and are owned by an organisation aiming to establish maritime museum in the southern Bavarian area : Forderverein Sudbayerisches Schifffahrtsmuseum

at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cecilie
Engines of the former Rhine paddler are now owned by Klemens Key, the renowned paddle steamer restorer

At Yverdon, Switzerland (temporarily moved in late 2008 to Luzern for renovation work)

Ludwig Fessler : The engines removed from the Chiemsee paddler and until recently held in private ownership in the Netherlands, are now in Switzerland in the ownership of the Trivapor organisation which is hoping to install them in the restaurant ship Neuchatel, moored at the town of the same name and return her to steam (see Preserved Steamers above).

at Budapest, Hungary

Vertes : The engines and paddles of this Danube tug (1914-1963) are displayed outdoors in the grounds of the Transport Museum in Budapest.

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