Steamboat Lötschberg 1914
In 1913, Escher Wyss & Cie delivered the wheel arch, the upper deck, the two boilers and the steam engine in Zurich. The interior work was carried out by BLS and locals in Interlaken. Commissioning on March 31, 1914.
• Scale: 1:100
• Hull length: 56,5 cm / 56,5 m
• Width: 12,6 cm / 12,6 m
• Mass: – kg / 340 to
• Drive: 2-cylinder hot steam on 2 paddle wheels 450 hp
• built: 2001-2003 by H. Raschle, according to plans by Escher Wyss
• Workload: ca. 650 hours
• Display case: yes
• Construction materials: different types of wood and brass / aluminum, etched nickel silver superstructure
• Price: 5’200 sFR
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Story:
The steamship Blümlisalp from Lake Thun served as a model for the superstructures.
No one suspected that the Lötschtberg was the very last of a new Escher & Wyss paddle steamer.
In 1914 production had to be stopped due to the war.
During the First World War and until 1923 the ship was in Interlaken.
The Lötschberg owns a Bugsteuerruder because of the reverse drives with Böningen.
Some shipbuilders from Ireland and Scotland came to Interlaken for this technical novelty.
In 1953 the wheelhouse was closed – 1967/68, the firing of coal was converted from oil.
In 2001, after more than 540,000 km, the paddle steamer was comprehensively renovated in accordance with the monument preservation principles.
That was the opportunity to measure the hull.
Original:
