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River Elbe at Dresden, Germany
PS Stadt Wehlen
At Dresden on 5th September 2004
Built 1879
2 cylinder oscillating engine built in 1857 by Ruston & Co at Prague (ex PS Dresden II) - modified in 1915
Compounded with cylinders of 410 and 705 mm and 760 mm stroke
Length 58.50 metres, lengthened from 56.40 m in 1895
Entered service in 1879 as PS Dresden
Renamed Muhlberg in 1926 and Stadt Wehlen in 1962
Withdrawn in 1978 but back in operation in 1982 with a third new boiler
Renovation over the 1993-94 winter season

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Stadt Wehlen at Dresden in 2004 : Photos by Nigel Clark

 

 
ELBE / DRESDEN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

2004

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