Rhône

 

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Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman (CGN)

 

 

 

This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman (CGN) steamer Rhône. This page shows modern postcards of the Rhône. Other Rhône pages are listed below. There is a table of all CGN individual ship histories on the CGN Header Page.

 

Rhône was built in 1927, the last paddle steamer built for CGN. Her 2-cylinder compound engine has hydraulically-driven valves and an automatic lubrication system which requires enclosed cranks. She previously worked the daily Geneva-St Gingolph-Geneva service opposite Italie, but now works one of the two-day rosters with Henry Dunant or, in peak season, with Vevey. This requires overnight stops in either Ouchy and Geneva, running alternately Geneva-Ouchy-St Gingolph-Ouchy, then Ouchy-St Gingolph-Ouchy-Geneva.

 

 

Rhône Pages:-

Rhône - Page 1 - Historic Postcards

Rhône - Page 2 - Modern Postcards - this page!

Rhône - Page 3 - Pre-2004 Photographs

Rhône - Page 4 - 2004 Photographs

Rhône - Page 5 - 2005 Photographs

 

CGN Pages:-

CGN Header Page

CGN - Page 1 - Paddle Steamers 1822-1886

CGN - Page 2 - Paddle Vessels 1887-2004

CGN - Page 3 - Screw Motor Vessels

CGN - Page 4 - The 2004 Fleet

CGN - Page 5 - The 2005 Fleet

 

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Rhône

 

Page 2: Modern Postcards

 

 

Post-WW2 postcard of Rhône with yellow funnel.

 

Postcard of Rhône, with modern wheelhouse.

 

Postcard showing an impressive line-up at Ouchy (left-right):- La Suisse, Montreux, Rhône and Helvétie. The picture was taken in 1971 or 1972.

 

Général Guisan (behind), Helvétie (right), and Rhone (bottom right) at Ouchy.

The photo was taken the same day as the card above.

 

Postcard of Rhône at Evian-les-Bains.

 

Postcard of Rhône at Evian-les-Bains , with wider black funnel band, and painted scrollwork on the stern.

 

Postcard of Rhône with wider black funnel band.

 

Postcard of Rhône with wider black funnel band.

Variation on the card above.

 

 

One of a series of eight postcards showing each of the surviving paddle vessels, issued in 1998 for the 125th Anniversary of CGN.

This one shows both historic and modern images of Rhône.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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