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Molly Brown
Operating Area : Magic
Kingdom, Disneyland Paris, France
Molly Brown in 1996. Photo by Gordon
Stewart
Built : 1992
Length : 36.5 metres
Diesel-electric propulsion
Full size moving replica beam engine is electric powered and does not
provide propulsion
Guidance around the lagoon provided by an underwater rail
Engines
overheated on the morning of 16/5/05 causing smoke damage to the motor and the
boat itself. 250 passengers successfully
evacuated by the keelboats.
At the time, "Mark Twain" was under
refurbishment so it was not until September that she could be moved to the dry
dock for attention.
Work only began in September 2006 and ran through to April 2007
A fire broke out in September 2020 rendering her temporarily out of action
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