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'Merle', Screw Steamer [B 26224] • Photograph

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Summary

Screw steamer 'Merle', on a sightseeing trip on the River Murray at Blanchetown, after conversion to a motor vessel for tourist trips between Murray Bridge to Blanchetown and downstream to the Lakes. It sank after a fire and lies just south of the railway bridge at Murray Bridge. There was also a Paddle Steamer 'Merle', which sank during a storm in 1917. It was built in Morgan in 1904 by Edward Dienier and named after one of his daughters. It pulled the barges Eva Millicent and Flo D until it sank during a storm in Lake Alexandrina in 1917, the crew and passengers taking refuge on the barge Flo until help arrived [see PRG 1258/1/2675 for another copy of this image].

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.3 cm x 15.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1948

Collection

Part of Murray River Collection

Subject

Merle (River steamer)
River steamers -- South Australia -- Blanchetown.
River steamers -- Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

30/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,509 x 2,582 pixels (9.1 MP)

Size

27.21 MB

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