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EGYPT
Laid-Up
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DELTA |
Laid-up near Luxor awaiting possible restoration |
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EGYPT |
Laid-up awaiting possible restoration |
Sailed for Thomas Cook |
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AGAMEMNON |
The diesel paddler Agamemnon is up for sale with broker Luxor Marine Services but only the front half of the ship is still there ! : Click here for details Live
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Paddler in static operation as a restaurant
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LE PACHA 1901 |
According to legend, a wealthy Eqyptian "Pacha" decided to build
his own floating retirement palace on the Nile in the late 1800s but died in
1901 before he could fulfil his dream of living aboard in some luxury. The boat
fell into disrepair and lay partially sunken for a long period of time until
discovered, identified, refurbished and modernised for reopening in 1992 by
Johnny Zahra, a well know businessman in the Cairo hospitality scene. It is
now a five-star entertainment centre with a range of restaurants and function
rooms and has won may international awards for the standard of its cuisine.
Clearly it is far removed from the original form with two decks added during
its modern reconstruction. It is moored on the Nile at Gezira Island at Cairo at Saray El-Geriza St. |
U.S.A.
In static operation as museum ships
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Ticonderoga |
1906 |
Shelburne, VT |
Lake Champlain sidewheeler now landlocked at the nearby Shelburne Museum, having been moved overland in 1954. between 1951 and 1954 she had been operated by preservationists. |
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Eureka |
1890 |
San Francisco, CA |
Double-ended wooden-hulled paddle ferry, built in 1890 (and rebuilt in 1923) and with original walking-beam steam engine. Preserved at the San Francisco National Maritime Historical Park |
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President |
1924/1934 |
To be moved to St Elmo, IL |
Built at Midland, Pennsylvania, this 291 ft long hull was originally the steamer Cincinnati. Heavily rebuilt in 1934 after being sold to Strecffus Steamers at St Louis, she became "President" and became a passenger excursion ship. Motorised in the 1978 with propellors replacing her wheels. sailed out of new orleans from 1981 and St Louis from 1985 until 1990. Became a casino ship at Davenport and sailed until September 2000 after which she was moored at various locations, including Vicksburg and then Mackellar lake near Memphis. Is now being dismanted at Alton IL before being reassembled on dry land as a museum exhibit near St Elmo, IL. |
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Capt Meriwether Lewis |
1932 |
Brownsville, NE |
A dustpan dredge built by the Marietta Manufacturing Co at Point Pleasant, WV and 268 ft long. Now exhibited on a dry berth at Brownsville owned by the Meriwether Lewis Foundation. |
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William M Black |
1934 |
Dubuque, Iowa |
277 ft long dredge built by the Marietta Manufacturing Co at Point Pleasant, WV and now a floating museum owned by the Dubuque County Historical Society |
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In private ownership and open as an entertainment venue
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William S Mitchell |
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Newport, KY |
In private ownership and open as a "Haunted Ship" attraction called "USS Nightmare" at Newport, Kentucky (opposite Cincinnati, Ohio) |
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Diesel-powered paddler in the USA
Chattanooga Star
Chattanooga, Tennessee :
Built in 1982 privately by Captain John Hosemann and his sons.
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is 65 ft long and carries up to145 passengers.
Its drive is diesel hydraulic
with 2 x 4 cylinder engines by Ford Lehman
She sailed for the Rivertrek company,
which is non-profitmaking and concentrates on educational cruises
IT IS
UNDERSTOOD THAT OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY
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ARGENTINA
The
British were well known for their involvement in the construction of the railway
system in Argentina, and their shipyards also supplied ferries to work in association
with the railways. A&J Inglis, whose yard was at Pointhouse, Glasgow and
is well known for being the builders of the famous surviving paddle steamer
Waverley, built a number of train ferries for Argentina, including two paddlers
for the Entre-Rios Company, which operated until 1990. These ships linked Argentina
and Paraguay across the Parana river at Posadas/Encarnacion and served together
from 18th October 1913 until 8th March 1990 when a railway bridge was opened.
They still exist although laid up near Posadas.
President Roque Saenz Pena
is in the better condition and in recent years but local railway enthusiasts
have adopted it and made it into a small railway museum, open since 2002. It
has also been used for entertainment functions. In 2003, the two ferries were
declared National Historic Monuments, and are now unique survivors, being train
ferries.
Whilst much of the engine and boilers remain, valuable brass has
been stripped out
For
a brief history of operations, see these spanish-language websites
http://www.histarmar.com.ar/BuquesMercantes/Ferrobarcos/Ferrobarcos-Base.htm
http://www.misionesonline.net/paginas/detalle2.php?db=noticias2005&id=268
These
private photos have been uploaded to the internet
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9287556
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3088673
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3088798
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9317042
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9317021
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Exequiel Ramos Mejia |
1911 |
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Roque Saenz Pena |
1911 |
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