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Screw steamer Merle at Blanchetown [PRG 1258/1/2675] • Photograph

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Summary

Bow and side view of screw steamer 'Merle' cruising with passengers 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 B 26224 for a better quality image].

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Physical description

Photoprint; 13 x 9.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1942

Collection

Part of Godson Collection

Subject

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

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Historical information

Registered at Port Adelaide, 1904, official number 117415. Built at Morgan, 1904, by E.E. Diener. (Godson number 104A/2).

Digitisation information

Date

08/05/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,629 x 2,004 pixels (5.3 MP)

Size

5.28 MB

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