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River
Elbe at Dresden,
Germany
PS Stadt
Wehlen
![](Stadt%20Wehlen%20at%20Dresden%202004.jpg)
At
Dresden on 5th September 2004
Built
1879
2 cylinder oscillating engine built in 1857 by Ruston &
Co at Prague (ex PS Dresden II) - modified in 1915
Compounded with cylinders of 410 and 705 mm and
760 mm stroke
Length 58.50 metres, lengthened from 56.40 m in 1895
Entered service in 1879 as PS Dresden
Renamed Muhlberg in 1926 and Stadt Wehlen in 1962
Withdrawn in 1978 but back in operation in 1982 with a third new
boiler
Renovation over the 1993-94 winter season
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to see the paddlesteamers.info 2004 Dresden paddle steamers photo collection
![](Stadt%20Wehlen%20at%20Meissen%20060814%20Phil%20Barnes.jpg)
Stadt Wehlen at Meissen on 6th August 2014 after completing the morning run from Dresden. Photo by kind courtesy of Phil Barnes
![](Stadt%20Wehlen%20at%20Dresden%20040114%20Phil%20Barnes.jpg)
Stadt Wehlen at Dresden's Terrassenufer on 4th August 2014. Photo by kind courtesy of Phil Barnes
![Stadt Wehlen 2012 M Oliver.JPG](Stadt%20Wehlen%202012%20M%20Oliver.JPG)
Stadt Wehlen in 2012 : by kind courtesy of Malcolm
Oliver
Below : Photos of Stadt Wehlen 2004 by kind courtesy of
Nigel Clark
![Stadt Wehlen 2004 Thumbs 01 NC.jpg](Stadt%20Wehlen%202004%20Thumbs%2001%20NC.jpg)
![Stadt Wehlen 2004 Thumbs 02 NC.jpg](Stadt%20Wehlen%202004%20Thumbs%2002%20NC.jpg)
![Stadt Wehlen 2004 Thumbs 03 NC.jpg](Stadt%20Wehlen%202004%20Thumbs%2003%20NC.jpg)
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