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River Elbe at Dresden, Germany
PS Pillnitz
Passing under the "Blaues Wunder" at Loschwitz, Dresden in 2004

Length 64.20 metres
2 cylinder oscillating engine, compounded in 1912 : 400 mm and 770 mm x 760 mm

Entered service in 1886 as Konigin Carola
Renamed Diesbar (1919), Pillnitz (1927), Weltfrieden (1952) and Pillnitz (again, 1993)
Used to evacuate people from Hamburg during World War II
Withdrawn in 1979 with boiler trouble but returned to work after general reconditioning in 1983
Further reconditioning in 1992/93

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At Kurort Rathen in 2004

On the main deck

At the "Blaues Wunder" bridge, Loschwitz
ELBE / DRESDEN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

2004

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