Solvay 78, registration NY3132F, was built in 1931 at Villeneuve la Garenne with a 30hp Deutz engine. Unless stated otherwise all information is taken from Vagus-Vagrant.fr.
The Solvay 78 was put up for sale at the end of 1978
following Gaston DEBUY's retirement. It was bought in early January 1980 by Mr.
and Mrs. D., craftsmen in Toul (54). They named it "Pascoli," a
contraction of their first names: Pascal and Olivia. They operated it for eight
years. In October 1988, they sold it to
Mrs. C. Jennie, a craftswoman on the "Legion," who named it "Audrey
J." After a few years of freight service, it was scrapped in the port of
Bonsecours in Nancy in 1990.
Here is Solvay 78 in Antwerp in 1965:
Solvay 73 in Damparis on the Rhone-Rhine canal:
This photo was taken in Dombasle, around 1955; Solvay 78 is unloading coke, which would be transferred in the early 1960s to the opposite quay, where a new gantry crane would be installed, and dismantled in 1989, at the end of the Solvay fleet:
Damaged Solvay 78 alongside Solvay 47 in 1966:
Solvay 78 underway on the Belgian Meuse; note the red flag
with its white square, mandatory for navigation in Belgium:
Photo of Solvay 78 in Pogny found on Facebook group, Photo et carte postale de batellerie:
The Pascoli in Verdun in 1985, loaded at Engis to unload fertilizer at Void:
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