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Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany
MPV Ludwig Fessler
Raddampfer Ludwig Fessler.jpg
Built : 1926 by Theodor Hitzler (Regensburg)
Length : 53 m
Engines : Compound Diagonal by J Maffei (Munich) replaced by Diesel-hydraulic equipment in 1973
Steam engines went into private ownership of Mr Kley in the Netherlands
In 2004 they were sold to the Trivapor organisation for planned use in PS Neuchatel, at the time a restaurant at Neuchatel, Switzerland, and up for sale.

LudwigfesslerEngine.jpg

The engine was saved when Ludwig Fessler was converted to diesel in 1973. After being in store in the Netherlands it purchased by a Swiss preservationist society (Trivapor) for planned use in the surviving hull of PS Neuchatel which was in use as a resturant at her home port in Switzerland. The engines are now at Yverdon with further work being undetaken on them. Trivapor have now also taken ownership of the Neuchatel.

LUDWIG FESSLER PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

2003

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