Solvay 87

Solvay 87, registration NY3010F, was built in 1929 at Choisy-le-Roi with a 25 hp Deutz engine. All information on this page was obtained from Vagus-vagrant.fr unless otherwise specified.

Solvay 87 was the first in the series of "large Solvay " barges built in Choisy-le-Roi between 1929 and 1932, a series that goes up to number 116.

She is now moored in the Paris region under the name Col Vert, shortened and re-registered P160012F.

Solvay 87 exiting Foug tunnel on the Marne-Rhine canal (west), note the loco towing tracks and loco on the towpath:

Moored with other Solvays at Dombasle - Solvay 87 is the farthest one away on the right:

Two photos of Solvay 87 in front of the Dombasle offices in 1980:

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:

Moored with Solvay 29:

Moussy-Soupir lock, Abbécourt canal, in 1979 (canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne):

Solvays 67, 87, 101, 123 and another one, as yet unidentified, at Dombasle:

Saint-Vaast lock, on the Scarpe river in 1980:

Here is a post Sylviane Parent made on Facebook Voies navigables du Nord-Est on 28 November 2025:

Hi everyone, I'm back today following a private message from Maryam GEENEN about her father. I've been delving back into the SOLVAY fleet (mind you, I don't need much to reopen this thread). So here are two new SOLVAY SLV 87s. The SLV 87 was put up for sale in 1978 by Solvay, following Marcel LUBREZ's transfer to the SLV 104. It was bought by the SUD PAR Civil Society, which renamed it "COL VERT," re-registered it P160012F, and converted it into an office! You can still see it moored near the Île de la Jatte. Photos: SLV 87. In this photo, you can't see the Solvay's registration number, but it's so symbolic with the three daughters of Marcel and Denise LUBREZ: Alciane, Josiane, and Anita (Photo A. LUBREZ). GREEN COLLAR in November 2010 Neuilly arm (Photos G Matignon).

After being sold by Solvay she was renamed Col Vert and was also shortened. She became a liveaboard at Levallois on the Seine in Paris; these photos are from 2009 and 2010: