La Valaisanne

 From:  Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
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By Claude

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Valaisanne

Type: Lake Geneva Boat
Function: transport of building materials
Built in 1875
Destroyed in 1951

HISTORY: XIXth construction of buildings, villas, hotels, quays, dikes, ports; for Montreux, Lausanne, Evian, Genève, Vevey
construction in St Gingolph, Locum, ....
load of building materials 55 tons:
stone, sand, wood
Fenalet quarry and la Meillerie (dark limestone)
the boat discharges at the stern

EDITED: 16 Mar 2020 by PILOU