View allAll Photos Tagged ps
One of the first paddle steamers to run cruises on the Murray River, the PS Marion is now the original wood-fired paddle steamer, with overnight accommodation, still operating.
Marion's life has been full of changes.
In 1896, Milang shipbuilder A.H. Landseer was commissioned to build a steamer by Mr George Swan Fowler, a prominent Adelaide business man. It would appear that Mr Fowler had intended to use the steamer as both a work boat and also a pleasure craft. Unfortunately Mr Fowler died soon after building began, and his trustees decided that the hull should be completed and offered for sale as a barge. It was named Marion and first floated in February 1897.
William Bowring kept a store in Wentworth and also traded up and down the Darling, selling goods from a paddle steamer. In early 1900 W. Bowring and Co. bought the Marion after his previous steamer had caught fire and burnt to the waterline. The barge was towed to Echuca, where Bowring built a superstructure so it could work as a store and Marion entered her working life as a hawking steamer. Bowring imported her engine, which was built by Marshall and Sons of Gainsborough, England in 1900. Marion is still powered by its original engine.
PS Marion left Echuca as a full independent working steamer in October 1900 and returned to Wentworth. From here she worked the Darling trade, taking supplies to settlements and stations along the river.
In 1908, the Marion was sold to Ben Chaffey of Renmark, who stripped off her store buildings and rebuilt her with accommodation to carry eight passengers, the captain and crew as well as carry cargo. Chaffey also had two barges specially built for her to tow.
Over the years, Marion went through many changes of ownership. Her shape and function also changed many times as she evolved from cargo with passengers to passengers with cargo and eventually to a passenger boat alone. In her final working guise Marion had accommodation spread over three decks, lounges on the top and middle decks with the dining room on the main deck.
Marion was best known during her days as one of the passenger steamers of the Murray Shipping Company. In December 1934 she left Morgan for the first of what became regular Summer cruises. She went upstream as far as Renmark, then down to Goolwa and back to Morgan.
After the Murray Shipping Company went into liquidation in 1952, Marion was sold a number of times and spent some years as a floating boarding house in Berri. In 1963, Marion was bought by the National Trust to be used as a memorial to the River Navigation Era. She sailed down river to Mannum under her own steam on what was then thought to be her last voyage. Captain Bill Drage, who captained the Marion during her years as a passenger steamer, took the helm on that voyage.
For over thirty years Marion rested in the historic Randell Dry Dock at Mannum, where the local branch of the National trust maintained her as a static museum. In 1989 the Mannum community and Council decided that the best way to preserve the Marion for future generations was to conserve and restore the boat to being fully operational. The Mannum Dock Museum Board was appointed to manage and develop the facilities and opportunities of PS Marion and Randell Dry Dock as the core of the Australian Museum of River History.
Major restoration work was undertaken with great love and attention to detail, this work has involved many tens of thousands of volunteer man hours. The superstructure has been restored to what it was in her heyday as a passenger steamer, with cabins, lounges, dining room, galley and bathrooms. Marion was recommissioned in November 1994.
Mannun, South Australia.
The lovely PS Waverley was sadly in the news recently when it was in a collision with a shore installation, I believe.
I remembered that I had re-worked an image I had taken back in September 2017 when PS Waverley visited Harwich.
This is the re-worked image I made in January 2018.
PS Waverley making her approach to Keppel Pier near Millport on the Island of Cumbrae, for her PSPS evening cruise round the island of Bute.
Departing Greenock's Custom House Quay.
Vessel Details:- Steam powered paddle steamer.
Vessel Name:- PS WAVERLEY.
IMO:- 5386954
MMSI:- 232001540
Call Sign:- GRPM
Classification Society:- Lloyd's Register.
Length:- 239ft 11in
Beam:- 57ft 3in
Draught:- 6ft 3in
Builder:- Built in 1946 by A & J Inglis Glasgow.
Power Plant:- 2 x Cochran Marine Thermax boilers fitted with Hamworthy Electrotec II rotary cup burners, feeding Diagonal Triple Expansion Steam Engine by Rankine & Blackmore Ltd, Greenock (Engine No 520).
Propulsion:- 2 x Fixed paddles with 8 Feathering paddle floats on both paddles.
Tonnage:- 693t.
Copyright 2020 Harry Garland, All rights reserved
St Phillans Shore lies on the West Coast of Scotland at North Ayrshire. This is such an idyllic place to relax for a few hours allowing the day to pass and sometimes you get an interesting sunset and other times you may have an nteresting historic boat passing by just like this evening with the PS Waverly.
Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.
Lofoten (Norse Lófót) was originally the old name of the island Vestvågøya. The first element is ló (i.e., "lynx") and the last element is derived from Norse fótr (i.e., "foot"), as the shape of the island must have been compared with a foot of a lynx. (The old name of the neighbouring island Flakstadøya was Vargfót, "the foot of a wolf", from vargr "wolf". See also Ofoten.)
"There is evidence of human settlement extending back at least 11,000[ yrs in Lofoten, and] the earliest archaeological sites ... are only about 5,500 yrs old, at the transition from the early to late Stone Age." Iron Age agriculture, livestock, and significant human habitation can be traced back to ~250 BC.
The town of Vågan (Norse Vágar) is the first known town formation in northern Norway. It existed in the early Viking Age, maybe earlier, and was located on the southern coast on eastern Lofoten, near today's village Kabelvåg in Vågan municipality. However, the Lofotr Viking Museum with the reconstructed 83-meter-long longhouse (the largest known) is located near Borg on Vestvågøy, which have many archeological finds from the Iron Age and Viking Age.
The islands have for more than 1,000 years been the centre of great cod fisheries, especially in winter, when the cod migrates south from the Barents Sea and gathers in Lofoten to spawn. Bergen in southwestern Norway was for a long time the hub for further export south to large parts of Europe, particularly so when trade was controlled by the Hanseatic League. In the lowland areas, particularly Vestvågøy, agriculture plays a significant role, as it has done since the Bronze Age.
Lofotr was originally the name of the island of Vestvågøy only. Later it became the name of the chain of islands. The chain of islands with its pointed peaks looks like a lynx foot from the mainland. In Norwegian, it is always a singular. Another name one might come across, is "Lofotveggen" or the Lofoten wall. The archipelago looks like a closed wall when seen from elevated points around Bodø or when arriving from the sea, some 100 km long, and 800-1,000 m. high.
In 1941 the islands were raided by British Commandos during Operation Claymore in March and a subsequent diversionary attack to support the Vaagso raid in December.
Lofoten is located at the 68th and 69th parallels north of the Arctic Circle in North Norway. It is well known for its natural beauty within Norway. Lofoten encompasses the municipalities of Vågan, Vestvågøy, Flakstad, Moskenes, Værøy, and Røst. The principal islands, running from north to south, are
Southern tip of Hinnøya.
Southern 60% (approx.) of Austvågøy (526.7 km² in total 68°20′N 14°40′E),
Gimsøy (46.4 km² 68°18′N 14°11′E),
Vestvågøy (411.1 km² 68°10′N 13°45′E),
Flakstadøya (109.8 km² 68°5′N 13°20′E),
Moskenesøya (185.9 km² 67°55′N 13°0′E),
whilst further to the south are the small and isolated islands of Værøy (67°40′N 12°40′E) and Røst (67°37′N 12°7′E). The total land area amounts to 1,227 km², and the population totals 24,500. Many will argue that Hinnøya, the northern part of Austvågøy and several hundred smaller islands, skerries and rocks to the east of Austvågøy are also part of the Lofoten complex. Historically the territorial definition of Lofoten has changed significantly. Between the mainland and the Lofoten archipelago lies the vast, open Vestfjorden, and to the north is Vesterålen. The principal towns in Lofoten are Leknes in Vestvågøy and Svolvær in Vågan. The Lofoten Islands are characterised by their mountains and peaks, sheltered inlets, stretches of seashore and large virgin areas. The highest mountain in Lofoten is Higravstinden (1,161 m / 3,800 ft) in Austvågøy; the Møysalen National Park just northeast of Lofoten has mountains reaching 1,262 meters. The famous Moskstraumen (Malstrøm) system of tidal eddies is located in western Lofoten, and is indeed the root of the term maelstrom.
The sea is rich with life, and the world's largest deep water coral reefis located west of Røst. Lofoten has a very high density of sea eagles and cormorants, and millions of other sea birds, among them the colourful puffin. Otters are common, and there are moose on the largest islands. There are some woodlands with Downy birch and Rowan. There are no native conifer forests in Lofoten, but some small areas with private spruce plantations. Sorbus hybrida ("Rowan whitebeam") and Malus sylvestris occur in Lofoten, but not further north.
The animals mistaken as the extinct Great Auk turned out to be some of the nine King penguins released around Norway’s Lofoten Islands in August 1936, there until at least 1944.
Winter temperatures in Lofoten are very mild considering their location north of the Arctic Circle – Lofoten has the largest positive temperature anomaly in the world relative to latitude. This is a result of the Gulf Stream and its extensions: the North Atlantic Current and the Norwegian Current. Røst and Værøy are the most northerly locations in the world where average temperatures are above freezing all year. May and June are the driest months, while October has three times as much precipitation. The warmest recording in Svolvær is 30.4°C (87°F).
Strong winds can occur in late autumn and winter. Snow and sleet are not uncommon in winter, the mountains can have substantial amounts of snow, and in some winters, avalanches might come down from steep mountain slopes. Two of the top ten deadliest rainstorms ever recorded passed through Lofoten.
In Svolvær, the sun is above the horizon continuously ("midnight sun") from 25 May to 17 July, and in winter the sun does not rise from 4 December to 7 January. In Leknes, the sun is above the horizon from 26 May to 17 July, and in winter the sun does not rise from 9 December to 4 January.
The temperature in the sea has been recorded since 1935. At 1 m depth in the sea near Skrova, water temperatures varies from a low of 3°C in March to 14°C in August. Some years peaking above 17°C. November is around 7-8°C. At a depth of 200 m the temperature is near 8°C all year.
Mountaineering and rock climbing
Lofoten offers many rock climbing and mountaineering opportunities. It has 24 hours of daylight in the summer and has Alpine-style ridges, summits and glaciers, but at a height of less than 1,200 metres. The main centre for rock climbing is Henningsvær on Austvågøya.
The main areas for mountaineering and climbing are on Austvågøya and Moskenesøya. Moskenesøya is the most complete area for climbing. For more information, see the books by Dyer and Webster.
Surfing
Unstad is one of its better known locations for surfing.
Cycling
There is a well marked cycling route that goes from Å in the south and continues past Fiskebøl in the north. The route is part public road, part cycle-path with the option to bypass all of the tunnels by either cycle-path (tunnels through mountains) or boat. Traffic is generally light, although in July there may be a lot of campervans. Some of the more remote sections are on gravel roads. There is a dedicated cycling ferry which sails between Ballstad and Nusfjord, allowing cyclists to avoid the long, steep Nappstraum tunnel. The route hugs the coastline for most of its length where it is generally flat. As it turns inland through the mountain passes there are a couple of 3-400 meter climbs.
The Lofoten Insomnia Cycling Race takes place every year around midsummer, possible in the midnight sun, but surely in 24-hr daylight, along the whole Lofoten archipelago.
Today was the 70th anniversary finale for the SS Shieldhall joined by the PS Waverley. Both vessels are part of the UKs Historic Ship Fleet.
"After competitive tenders, the contract to build Shieldhall was awarded by the Glasgow Corporation to the Lobnitz & Company shipyard at Renfrew on the river Clyde. The keel was laid down in October 1954 with launching on 7th July 1955 and she entered service in October of that year. “Shieldhall” is unique as a time capsule providing a working example of steamship machinery both above and below deck, typical of the cargo and passenger ships that plied the oceans of the world from the 1870s until the mid 1960s, by which time they were all but extinct.
The ship is of special interest as she is built on the classical lines of a 1920s steamer with a traditional wheelhouse; the hull is of riveted and welded construction and this unusual feature is representative of the transitional phase in British shipbuilding when welding took over from riveted practice. The hull has a slightly raked bow and counter stern. The teak decks and emergency steering position aft add to the classic effect. Shieldhall was effectively obsolete mechanically at the time of her launch having steam machinery representative of the late 19th century at a time when the diesel engine was coming into its own.
Now believed to be the largest working steam ship in Northern Europe, she is owned and operated entirely by voluntary effort."
"Waverley is named after Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. She was built to replace the 1899 Waverley which was sunk by enemy action on May 29, 1940 at Dunkirk.
Waverley’s keel was laid on December 27, 1945 but due to material shortages after the war, she was not ready for launch until October 2, 1946. It wasn’t until the following year on January 20, 1947 that she was towed to Greenock for the installation of her boiler and engines. Her maiden voyage was on June 16, 1947.
Waverley was built for the route up Loch Goil and Loch Long from Craigendoran & Arrochar in West Scotland. She now visits several areas of the UK offering regular trips on the Clyde, The Western Isles, the Thames, South Coast of England and the Bristol Channel with calls at Liverpool & Llandudno.
Waverley is the World’s last seagoing paddle steamer. In 1974, at the end of her working life, she was famously gifted for £1 to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society. Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., a charity registered in Scotland, was set up to own and operate the ship. Waverley then began a second career as one of the country’s best-loved tourist attractions. "
The paddlesteamer Pyap was built at Mannum in South Australia in 1896.
Despite her great size – she is almost 30 metres long and 4.8 metres wide – she has a very shallow draft which means she can float in less than a metre of water.
In her early days she was used a floating general store. She travelled the lower Murray River, stopping at small towns and farm stations along the way. Inside, she had a serving counter, a store section and a separate drapery at the rear of her lower deck. The crew slept on the upper deck.
The PS Pyap travelled 500 kilometres each week selling goods to settlers at over 60 settlements and landing places along the river.
www.pioneersettlement.com.au/experiences/rides-cruises/
© All Rights Reserved. This image may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder.
PLEASE DO NOT USE MY PHOTOS ON BLOGS, PINTEREST OR IN ANY OTHER WAY
PS Lance Martin. From the 1990’s Lance Otto has had a dream to build a steam powered paddle boat. A dream inspired by his love of steam power, traditional river boats and engineering. Now 79 years old, Lance’s dream is coming together. His son Paul Otto (a Murray River skipper with some boat building experience) was the designer/builder.
The vessel was computer designed and the cutting detail sent electronically to One Steel in Perth, Western Australia who used a computer guided cutting machine. Yarrow Style Steam Boiler
The owner-designer purchased the material for the boiler from Walkley, together with the two cylinder double acting winch engine in 2002. He then fabricated the components and tack welded them together. In 2004 Pressure Welding Services Wingfield SA 5013 welded the components together and they were tested and accepted by Inspector J. B. Dickinson of MARBERN Pty Ltd on 20-05-04.
The vessel was launched on November 20 2009 as Swan Reach.
She is a traditional work boat with minimal accommodation and will be used for general maintenance and towing work on the Murray River.
Murray River, South Australia.
Departing Largs heading for Dunoon.
Vessel Details: Steam powered paddle steamer
Vessel Name: PS WAVERLEY
IMO: 5386954
MMSI: 232001540
Call Sign: GRPM
Classification Society: Lloyds Register
Length: 239ft 11in
Beam: 57ft 3in
Draught: 6ft 3in
Builder: Built in 1946 by A & J Inglis Glasgow
Tonnage: 693t
Alexander PS-bodied Volvo B10M 20697 is one of last surviving pair in the Stagecoach in South Wales fleet. She is currently based at Blackwood depot, where she is allocated to a school contract and is regularly used as a staff ferry bus.
Turning back the clock to late December 2010, Merthyr Tydfil still had quite a covering of snow after an exceptionally cold month. 20697 was then based at Merthyr depot's Brecon outstation for a school contract, for which she had been fitted with seatbelts, but would regularly return to Merthyr during the school holidays.
This was the case when this shot was taken of her loading at the town's Bus Station when deputising for a Dart on Service 1 (Merthyr-Rhymney-Fochriw-Bargoed), in her pre-ASDA Rider days.
Wonderful Machines.
PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946. Berthed in the River Clyde Glasgow.
Taken on the Saturday at The Supercar Event at Dunsfold in June 2012. One-off variant for Peter Saywell - for a look at the unique exhaust arrangement see here: www.flickr.com/photos/furlined/4942966464/lightbox/
PS (Personaggio Scopante, "Character who has sex in Second Life") versus PNS (Personaggio Non Scopante, in english "Character who doesn't have sex in Second Life"). Who will win?
- Try and stop me if you can. -
--------------------------------------
Models: Me and Abigale Heron
This is a revamp of an old picture of mine (one I took 10 years ago!): images.plurk.com/4XIBvZfSL1eGReUHIXjD.jpg
It was a joke about a theory of mine, I used to think all PNS in our community forum would eventually abandon their status in time. Temptation, bonding and curiosity are a very strong pull afterall.
I feel rather nostalgic and I think most of my pictures of that era should be redone with modern technology. Everything improved so much!
P.S.: PS won.