Hjejlen in Silkeborg, 2005
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History | |
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Name | Hjejlen |
Owner | Hjejleselskabet |
Route | Silkeborg – Himmelbjerget |
Builder | Baumgarten & Burmeister |
Completed | 1861 |
Maiden voyage | 11 June 1861 |
In service | 24 June 1861 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Paddle steamer |
Length | 25.7 m (84 ft) |
Beam | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
Draft | 1.7 m (5.6 ft) |
Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Capacity | 165 |
Crew | 4 |
SS Hjejlen (Danish for The Golden Plover) is the world's oldest coal burning operational paddle steamers,[1] built in 1861 by Baumgarten & Burmeister, commissioned by a group of citizens headed by paper manufacturer Michael Drewsen.[2] She is used to carry tourists between Silkeborg and Himmelbjerget, but in 1932 she also became a public mail boat.[3]
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