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Steam Yacht Gondola

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Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
Steam Yacht Gondola
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The steam yacht Gondola is a rebuilt Victorian, screw-propelled, steam-powered passenger vessel on Coniston Water, England. Originally launched in 1859, she was built for the steamer service carrying passengers from the Furness Railway and from the Coniston Railway. She was in commercial service until 1936 when she was retired, being converted to a houseboat in 1946. In 1979, by now derelict, she was given a new hull, engine, boiler and most of the superstructure. She is back in service as a passenger boat, still powered by steam and now operated by the National Trust. Gondola is one of the inspirations for Captain Flint's houseboat in Arthur Ransome's book Swallows and Amazons. In Coniston's Ruskin Museum there is a black and white post card of Gondola that Ransome sent to his illustrator, with changes to the outline in ink to show how he wanted the houseboat to look.
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