Solvay 21, registration NY2282F, was built in 1909. It was originally towed and had a 20hp Deutz engine fitted in 1928. The information on this page is taken from Vagus-Vagrant.fr.
Solvay 21 was destroyed during the war.
Here she is at the Varangéville lock on the Marne-Rhine canal just down from Dombasle. The Chéneau aerial tractor system or Zinzin can be clearly seen towing the barge. The photo was published in the magazine "La
Nature" no. 2829 of March 15, 1930:
This is believed to be at lock 25 in Toul on the same canal:
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