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C G N --- Lake Geneva Identify the paddle steamers

P R O V I S I O N A L Beware - it is quite possible to find older pictures before certain features were changed
	La Suisse	Simplon	Rhône	Savoie	Montreux	Helvétie	Vevey	Italie
Paddlebox windows *          port from bows	5-P-3	3-P-5	2-P-5	3-P-3	3-P-2	3-P-5	3-P-3	2,1,1-P-3
Paddlebox windows *  starboard from bows	5-P-3	3-P-5	2-P-5	3-P-3	3-P-2	3-P-5	3-P-3	3-P-3
bows	gold Figurehead	plain	2 Badges	plain	Swiss badge with scroll	Scrollwork	plain	plain
stern	Lifeboat large gold Scrollwork around(name) "La Suisse"	Simplon	blue Scrollwork	(name) "Savoie"	Montreux	Scrollwork	small badge	plain
masts	La Suisse	Simplon	full mast in front of deck	Savoie	full mast in front of deck	Helvétie	Vevey	Italie
vents $      above upper deck	V-F-V v-v	V-V F	V-V F	V-V F v-v	F V-V v-v	V-V F	F v-v	F v-v
vents $      above lower deck	La Suisse	V----V	V----V v----v	Savoie	Montreux	V----V v----v	Vevey	Italie
bridge	modern 3 windows	modern 3 windows	modern 3 windows	modern 3 windows	narrow vertical	modern 3 windows	modern 1 window	modern 1 window
whistle on funnel	twin top yellow	single bottom black	single middle black	Savoie	single bottom black	Helvétie	single top yellow	single middle yellow
front windows upper deck	La Suisse	5 square windows	small "D" narrow vertical windows wide doors	small "D" narrow vertical windows wide doors	large "D" narrow vertical windows	narrow vertical windows	straight oblong windows	straight oblong windows
side windows upper deck	La Suisse	Simplon	narrow vertical	Savoie	Montreux	Helvétie	narrow vertical windows	oblong vertical
rear of saloon	La Suisse	Simplon	canvus 4 windows	5 sections short open deck	Montreux	Helvétie	3 sections long open deck	5 sections short open deck
front windows main deck	large square	double oblong	Rhône	narrow vertical	Montreux	double oblong	narrow vertical	narrow vertical
side windows main deck	La Suisse	Simplon	Rhône	narrow vertical	Montreux	Helvétie	narrow vertical	narrow vertical
dining room #	11 windows	10 windows	8 windows	8 windows	Montreux	11 windows	8 windows	8 windows
	La Suisse	Simplon	Rhône	Savoie	Montreux	Helvétie	Vevey	Italie
* - beware, white "curtains"/"shutters" can give the impression of less, especially at a distance
# - these are the number of windows seen from a distance rear of the stern entranceway (in some cases one or more windows may not be in the public part of the saloon)
$ - From bows     v - squat vent   V - tall vent   F - funnel

Beware, some features have changed over the years therefore only the latest information advised to me appears in the above table If you spot an error or can fill in any missing data, please e-mail me and I will update the page for the benefit of other visitors to this site note - where the name of the vessel appears against a feature, details are not yet identified

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10th May 2004   e-mail   (c)2004 John B Bird