Minerva (1834 ship)

Minerva, later known as Spliigen, was the first paddle steamer to operate on Lake Zurich in Switzerland.

[1] Franz Carl Caspar and Johann Jakob Lämmlin ordered Minerva in 1834 from William Fairbairn & Sons of Manchester, England.

She was again dismantled and carried overland to Lake Zurich, where she was reassembled for the second time.

[2] Minerva's first scheduled voyage on Lake Zurich took place on 19 July 1835.

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