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PS Valais
(1913-2003 : out of operational service from
1962)
Operating Area :
Lake Geneva, Switzerland
PS
Valais at Geneva in 2000. Photo by Gordon
Stewart
Built 1913 by Sulzer
Brothers at Winterthur, Switzerland
Engines: Compound Diagonal
Taken out of service in
1962
With her engines removed, she was moored at the Jardin des Anglais at
Geneva as a restaurant ship and office for the CGN.
Replaced PS France (1886-1932) in this role
Left Geneva for the final time on 8th September 2003 for dismantling
at Ouchy, which was completed in mid-November of the same
year.
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