Eduard (Schiff)

Eduard was a steam ship, built in 1843 as the first steamship at the time of the Oberweser.

The ship operated as a passenger steamboat to the Weser River and remained in service until 1844.

It was made of wood from fir trees. Carl Anton Henschel refused a building of iron for reasons of time. The works of the carpenters found in Hann. Münden instead. In Kassel it was equipped with machines. The test ride took place on the Fulda between Kassel and Spiekershausen. It was to be named after Friedrich Wilhelm I (Hessen-Kassel), but since the designer Eduard Wüstenfeld received no audience with his landlord, the ship was named after the designer. At the first drive nearly the entire city population gathered. As a second ship after the less successful voyage of the steamboat "Duke of Cambridge" in 1819, the Weser from Münden to Bremen and back then went back.

As a result, Oberweser Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft was able to establish regular traffic. Edit source text Single-level Edit source text

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