Blümlisalp (ship)

Blümlisalp

Ship data flag  Switzerland Shipyard Escher, Wyss & Cie. , Zurich building-costs 375,000 francs Launch 1906

Ship dimensions and crew length 63.45 m ( Lüa ) width 13.15 m Draft Max. 1.58 m

Machine system machine 2-cylinder compound machine Machine performance 650 PS (478 kW) Shaft speed in travel mode 44 / min, piston stroke 1.2 m

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers Originally 1000, BAV was set at 750

The horn of the Blümlisalp

The Blümlisalp is a paddle steamer built in 1906 on Lake Thun . It is named after the mountain range Blüemlisalp (also written Blümlisalp ) in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland .

history

The new saloon steamer was bought by the then Oberländische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft in 1905 at the contract price of 375,000 francs from Escher, Wyss & Cie. commissioned in Zurich . This ship was supposed to surpass all other ships on Lake Thun and Lake Brienz in terms of size, performance and elegance. The construction of the new ship required a large amount of preparatory work, namely a 62-meter-long new shipyard hall and a 132-meter-long reinforced concrete elevator at a cost of 165,000 francs. The Blümlisalp , which was built according to the latest achievements in the field of Swiss shipbuilding technology at the time, has a length of 63.45 meters over the main deck, a width over the wheel arches of 13.15 meters and a draft with a maximum load, including seven Tons of coal, by 1.58 meters. The capacity is 800 people.

On August 1, 1971, the steamship Blümlisalp was decommissioned and should have been scrapped as the last paddle steamer on Lake Thun. The ship was unused in the Kander Delta for around 20 years . Thanks to the initiative of the Vaporama Association , the Blümlisalp was renovated over a period of more than two years. On Friday, May 22, 1992, the second maiden voyage of the Blümlisalp could be celebrated. Since then, it has been used again according to the schedule between April and October (as of 2013).

The timetable and excursion traffic by steamship has been operated by BLS Schifffahrt since 1992 . The owner was the Vaporama cooperative until the end of 2012, and BLS AG became the owner of the ship again on January 1, 2013. The transfer agreement was approved by the Vaporama Cooperative Meeting on December 1, 2012. He puts u. a. notes that the owner BLS has made the ship available for three trips a year for over 25 years.

The Vaporama Foundation was canceled at the end of 2012 because the goal (founding a Swiss steam museum) could not be achieved. The Vaporama cooperative continues to exist as the former owner of the ship. Most of the exhibits from the Vaporama Foundation have been taken over by the Winterthur Steam Center .

Web links

Commons : Blümlisalp  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• DS «Blümlisalp» on the BLS Schifffahrt website
• vaporama.ch
• Historical pictures of the Blüemlisalp and other Lake Thun ships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timetable steamship Blümlisalp summer 2013
2. ↑ Radio report on the transfer of ownership of the ship to the operator BLS  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Article BZ Berner Zeitung December 3, 2012
4. ↑ site vaporama.ch, accessed on 2 June 2013 ( Memento of the original from 1 April 2013, Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Information transferred to the Dampfzentrum Winterthur website, accessed June 2, 2013 ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.