Solvay 84, registration NY3150F, was built in 1932 at Villeneuve la Garenne with a 30 hp Deutz engine. Unless stated otherwise all information on this page is taken from Vagus-Vagrant.fr.
Solvay 84 was Denis Amand’s parents' boat: the cabin was
redone and the 30hp Deutz engine was changed to a DK4 in January and February
1965 in Vitry-le-François. Here she is moored at Dombasle:
With Solvay 61 loading Borax at Botlek, Rotterdam for the Solvay plant in Tavaux. Photo taken by Jean-Marc D., future captain of Solvay 111 in
1968 or 1969; the 61 was his father's boat:
In the summer of 1964, during a shutdown of the Canal de l'Est (now canal des Vosges), a group of Solvays in Donchery: 123, 122, 81, 87 & 84. It was during this period of unemployment that the son of
Solvay 84, a certain D. , spotted the daughter of number
Solvay 122, let's just call her R. , on her bicycle - they
didn't yet know that, a few years later, they would get married, and together
have numbers 103, 108 and finally 70:
With Solvay 114 in Saint Jean-de-Losne in 1953:
In the commercial basin at Strasbourg with Solvay 117:
Solvay 84 was involved in the strikes of 1936. Here she is second from the right at Conflans:
A view of several Solvay boats moored with her:
Moored on the right bank at Dombasle:
Another one from Dombasle - second up on the right:
Close up of the above postcard:
Frozen in with Solvay 115 on the Albert canal at Ollen/Hastiére in 1963:
Another iced-in image, this time on her own:
With Solvay 31 in Verdun:
When sold she was renamed Welland and here's a shot of her moored on the Loing:
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