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HISTORICAL
PADDLE STEAMERS
Above : Paddle steamer Brienz leaving Giessbach. Photo by kind courtesy of the Istvan Radi collection
PS Jungfrau
(1898-1939 : Maintenance ended after 1942, flooded after vandalism in
1949, scrapped in 1951)
PS Brienz (1871-1957)
PS Oberland (1870-1925 : Scrapped 1932)
PS Giessbach (1859-1956 : Scrapped 1959)
PS Interlaken (1857-1951)
PS Faulhorn (1843-56 : built 1835 and operating on Lake Thun
until 1842)
PS Giessbach (1839-1843 : Transferred to Lake Thun as "Schiff
Matti")
Bibliography
Die
Geschichte der Schiffahrt auf dem Thuner- und
Brienzersee
By Erich Liechti, Jurg Meister and Josef Gwerder
Published in 1986 by Ott Verlag, Thun
ISBN 3-7225-6334-8
Ship-by-ship chronologies, copiously illustrated and including line
diagrams of vessel layouts.
Note : For books relating to paddle steamer Lotschberg only, go to vessel page
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