Solvay 61, registration NY3006F, was built in 1930 at Villeneuve la Garenne with a 25 hp Deutz engine which was later upgraded to 30 hp. All information is taken from Vagus-Vagrant unless otherwise indicated.
Solvay 61 was purchased in 1984 by Société Granulats du Rhône (69), it
became a barge under the name Valerie. It was scrapped a few years
later.
In the ice in 1963 on the Marne-Rhine canal at Saint-Joire:
Stuck in ice again, this time in January 1971 at Liverdun with Solvay 108:
Solvay 61 (at the quayside) and Solvay 84 (offshore) in Rotterdam, Botlek, loading borax for the Solvay plant in Tavaux. Photo taken by Jean-Marc D., future captain of Solvay 111, in 1968 or 1969; number 61 was his father's boat:
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Solvay 61 entering the Saint-Albin tunnel on the Petite-Saône:
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