File:Motala Express bow 2022.jpg

English: The bow of S/S Motala Express, the protected, historical Swedish ship with call sign SFOD. Motala Express was built by Jönköpings Mekaniska Werkstad in Jönköping and delivered in 1895.

The ship used to sail in the Lake Vättern only. previously. She was called "The prisoner of the Lake Vättern", being with her length of 35,67 meters too long to pass through the Göta Channel. In 2010 she was temporarily shortened by cutting off her 3,2 meters long bow weighing six tons, enabling her to leave the Lake Vättern. She left the lake on October 11, 2010, wherafter the bow seen in the picture was remounted. The picture was taken while the ship was participating in the Stockholm Steam event at Lake Mälaren on August 27, 2022.

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