Solvay 89

Solvay 89, registration NY3012F, was built in 1930 at Choisy-le-Roi with a 25 hp Deutz engine later upgraded to a 190 hp DP engine. All information on this page was obtained from Vagus-vagrant.fr unless otherwise specified.

Solvay 89 was put up for sale in 1984 by Solvay, when Yvon Clovyn transferred to Solvay 101. It was bought by P. Richard, who made it his home in the Nancy marina (54), after shortening it by a couple of metres in Reich (57). It can still be seen today under the name P'tit Loup in Nancy (54). 

This is Solvay 89 on the Marne-Rhine canal in 1974 moored at Sommerviller opposite an inlet where we always moor when passing through, next to the electric loco shed.

Solvay 89 at the Arques commercial port, in 1979, where she emptied soda for the crystal factory of the same name:

Waiting at the tunnel on the canal du Nord in 1980:

Solvay 89 in the north in 1964 where it appears to have a problem, as the rudder is disassembled. The Solvay 89 was the first Solvay to receive hydraulically assisted steering, installed in 1962, at the same time as the modernization of its cab at the Vitry-le-François shipyard:

Solvay 89 at Loguiel-Annel on the Oise:

Here she is at Dombasle:

Here she is, emerging from the boat lift in La Louvière, Belgium, around 1974:

Entering a lock in the Montgon valley on the Ardennes around 1980:

Also around 1980, in Noyelles-Godault on the canal de la Sensée:

P'tit Loup in St Catherine port in Nancy on August 5 2009.  This is opposite the mooring we use when in Nancy:

P'tit Loup from 26 September 2009 in Nancy:

Still in Nancy, June 25 2011;