Solvay 8

Solvay 8, registration NY2308F, was built in Compiègne in 1894.  She was an unpowered barge until fitted with a 20 hp Deutz in 1928. All information on this page is taken from Vagus-Vagrant.fr unless stated otherwise.

When sold she was renamed Pacha which must have been by 1960 as she was noted in the lock register at Frouard in that year. She was sold again and became Gigi 3 as noted in the same register in 1965. She was scrapped in the mid 1970s.

Classic crew pose on the bows of two Solvays (8 & 110) in winter 1932 in Void:

And another one, which Sylviane Parent elaborates on: "Regarding this photo, it dates from the late 1920s, as the family in it is my mother's family; my mother was born on this barge in 1927!"

Here she is in Strasbourg in the 1950s:

Another one from the 1950s, this one is in Dombasle: