Bowness Pier, Bowness-on-Windermere

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Bowness-on-Windermere


Cumbria


Windermere (Lake)


Lake District

  • Description

    "Departure point for lake cruises. MV Tern is a former steamship. According to the owner's website - Tern was first launched in 1891 she was built by Forrest & Son, Wivenhoe, Essex as a steam powered yacht. Capacity now 350 passengers. Re-engined in 1956 and currently 145' long and weighs 121 tonnes. Propulsion is by 2 x 6 cylinder Cummins diesel engines good for 10 knots. At time of writing she is operated by Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd. " Photo by Chris Allen, 2017.

  • Owner

    Chris Allen

  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)

  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License

  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5568253
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 years, 7 months ago
    Viewed: 509 times
    Picture Taken: 2017-09-18

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