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The Kastellet ferry ( Swedish: Kastelletleden ), also known as the Vaxholmen ferry, is a passenger cable ferry in Sweden 's Stockholm archipelago. It connects the town of Vaxholm to Vaxholm Castle, situated on an islet in the middle of the Kodjupet strait between the town and the island of Rindö. At its town terminus, the ferry berths next to ...
SS Storskär. SS. Storskär. Storskär (literally Big Skerry) is a steamship that was built in 1908 in Gothenburg. She was originally named Strängnäs Express and traded between Stockholm and Strängnäs on Lake Malaren. She was transferred to service on the Stockholm archipelago in 1939, and given her current name in the following year.
In 1964, the company was renamed as Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, under the ownership of the Vaxholm Municipality. Three years later, in 1967, ownership was transferred to a joint body of the City of Stockholm and County of Stockholm. In 1971, with the incorporation of the city into the county, ownership moved to Stockholm County Council. [1] [2] [6]
Vaxholm Fortress ( Swedish: Vaxholms fästning ), also known as Vaxholm Castle, is a historic fortification on the island of Vaxholmen in the Stockholm archipelago just east of the Swedish town of Vaxholm. It is home to the Vaxholm Fortress Museum [ sv]. The fortress is accessed by the Kastellet ferry, an electrically powered cable ferry across ...
Coin-operated cable ferry at Espevær in Bømlo, Norway Chain-pulling engine of a small ferry on Berounka river near Prague, Czech Republic Cable ferry between Ekerö and Adelsö, Sweden Cable ferry in Vaxholm, Sweden. A cable ferry (including the types chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many ...
Vaxholm is a city, urban area and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It occupies the islands of Vaxön and Kullö in the Stockholm archipelago. The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Fortress, which was constructed in 1549 on the adjacent islet of Vaxholmen . For historical reasons it has always been referred to as a city ...
Swedish American Line ( Swedish: Svenska Amerika Linien, abbr. SAL) was a Swedish passenger shipping line. It was founded in December 1914 under the name Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika and began ocean liner service from Gothenburg to New York in 1915. [1] [2] In 1925 the company changed its name to Svenska Amerika Linien / Swedish ...
Length. 29.69 m (97 ft 5 in) Beam. 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) Draught. 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) The Katarina is a floating restaurant, and former steam ship, that was built in 1869 at Stockholm in Sweden. Sailing under her original name of Fredriksborg on the route through the Stockholm archipelago from Stockholm to Vaxholm, she was the Waxholmsbolaget 's ...