Gallia

built in 1913 at Escher Wyss & Cie in Zurich. Commissioning on 10 July 1913.

Scale: 1:111

Hull length: 56,5 cm / 62,8 m

Width: 12,6 cm / 14,5 m

Mass: 339 to / – Kg

Drive: 2-cylinder compound machine on 2 paddle wheels 1’180 hp

built: 2004 – 2008 by H.Raschle, according to the plans of Escher Wyss

Workload: ca. 600 hours

Display case: yes

Construction materials: different types of wood and brass / aluminum, etched nickel silver superstructure

Price: 5’000 sFR

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Story:
It is the largest and fastest steamship delivered by Escher-Wyss for Lake Lucerne.
The salon of the ship is designed in the style of the New Empire and still equipped with its original furniture.
With the naming of the Gallia, they joined a series of steamers with country names.
Bugzier of Gallia is the Gallic rooster.
In 1952/53 it was converted from coal to heavy oil firing.
Major revisions were made in 1936/37, 1945, 1969 and from 1977 to 1979.
On the occasion of a total renovation from 2001 to 2004, a new steam boiler was installed.
Like the other four active Lake Lucerne steamers Uri, Unterwalden, Schiller and Lucerne, the Gallia was classified as a cultural asset of national importance.
The Gallia reaches a high speed of 31.5 km / h.
This has always made them suitable for courses with short driving times, whereby they were used until the conversion to heavy fuel firing rather restrained.
By the end of the 2008 season, she had made 1,187,319 km.


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