The F.-A. Forel,   one of its descents to              >>>"home"...)
                               the wreck of SS "Hirondelle".

                                            suite (II)

The front of the starboard cabin.

It looses slowly its wood panels ...

wreck of steamboat Hirondelle : the forepart of the 'tambour', starboard

Closer.

Behind the surface with a rounden edge, the paddle-wheel has been taken away

wreck of steamboat Hirondelle : paddle-wheel location

The crankshaft and the door giving access to the paddle-wheel

wreck of steamboat Hirondelle : crankshaft and access to the paddle-wheel

above the stern, the décoration

wreck of steamboat Hirondelle : bow and decoration

the trunks of trees, fixed by chains across the ship laid, at their ends, on barks

wreck of steamboat Hirondelle : trunks of trees, fixed by chains

Closer

wreck of steamboat Hirondelle : trunks of trees, fixed by chains

The chimney, and the fixing points of the funnel-stays which held it

wreck of steamboat Hirondelle : the chimney

A little bit deeper as the Hirondelle, the beginning of the cliff which descends down to 110m

wreck of steamboat Hirondelle : begin ot the cliff


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