Solvay 6

Solvay 6, registration NY2279F, was built at Frouard in 1908.  In 1927 it was motorized with a 20 hp Deutz engine. All information on this page is obtained from Vagus-Vagrant.fr unless stated otherwise.

When she was sold she remained a commercial and was called Le Maillon until she was scrapped.

This is a standard 'crew on the bows' picture:

The following picture shows Solvay 6 in the distance waiting to ascend the lock at Pagny-sur-Saulx on the Marne-Rhine canal. On the left just below the lock, an electric loco can be seen:

A shot of the front of Solvay 6:

This one is of Georges Martin with his dog at Varangéville:

Here are some pictures of when she was sold and became Le Maillon:

This one is in the Toul valley between locks 20 and 21 at Écrouves with a clog factory behind:

This one is from the beginning of the 1960s: