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“Vevey” (1907) THE BELLE ÉPOQUE BOAT AT THE TOP OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION Partial overhaul with the installation of a diesel-electric power plant: 1953-1955 Complete overhaul: 2012-2013 Capacity: 560 passengers Foodservice: 150 persons Length: 66 m Power: 500 kW CHARACTERISTICS - Sister-ship of the “Italie”. - Boat with the best preserved 1st class salon of the fleet and benefiting from the most modern technology. - Salon in chestnut, inlaid with amaranth and ebony, set off by chiseled bronze decorations. Reconstruction of a smoking room on the upper deck in front of the chimney.
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riginally, the Vevey was equipped with a classic twocylinder double expansion steam engine from Sulzer Brothers, a machine similar to the one on the Savoie of 1914, still going strong. In 1955 steam propulsion was abandoned in favor of a diesel-electric power plant. The Vevey profited from a general overhaul between May 2012 and August 2013. It took more or less 60’000 hours of work in order to offer it a rebirth.Thanks to the research conducted by the Patrimonial Association of the Lake of Geneva (APL), it was possible to find elements dating from the beginning of the 20th century to restore its original silhouette. The modern diesel electric propulsion also allows it to circulate in the winter, while the steamers are not kept under steam for economic reasons. ✵
Discover the Vevey on the Upper Lake (Le Bouveret – Saint-Gingolph – Vevey – Montreux – Chillon – Villeneuve – Le Bouveret) from April 14th to May 30th and from June 13th to September 30th. Between June 18th and September 3rd also between Vevey and Lausanne.
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