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Pilatus
Built in 1895 by Sulzer
at Winterthur
Dimensions : 50
metres
Entered service in
1895
Wheelhouse added in 1906
Reboilered in 1925
Upper deck house, wheelhouse and funnel renewed in 1958
Held in reserve in the 1960s but sailed on until 1966
Sold for further use as a restaurant with plans for limited service
in steam
Project abandoned in the face of opposition from the local
authorities
Sold to the Luzern Transport Museum (Verkehrshaus)
The engine, one paddle wheel and part of the hull was preserved for
exhibition in the museum
See more photos of Pilatus' preserved
engine
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