paddlesteamers.info : The Internet's leading website for
Side-Wheeled Paddle Steamers
PS
Gotthard
Built in 1888/9
by Sulzer at Winterthur
Engines : Twin diagonal
Dimensions : 45.5 metres - lengthened to 48.8 metres in 1913-1914
Entered service on
February 15th, 1889
Considerably altered in the winter of 1913-1914, being lengthened by
3.3 metres to meet growing passenger demand
Increasing the pressure in the two boilers gave greater speed and
lower fuel consumption
Converted for oil consumption in the winter of 1933/4, but restored
to coal for the 1935 season.
Made her last sailing on August 1st, 1965
Dismantled at Fluelen during 1967
Return
to:
Lake Lucerne Historical