Hjulångaren UDDEWALLA vid nera kajen

Reproduction after older glass sheet, probably taken by photographer Josefine Rydholm, active in Uddevalla 1860-1877. The wheel steamer Uddewalla served Uddevalla between 1853 and 1876 and is located here at the site of the present Västerbron. The ship was the fastest steamboat in Sweden. The snipers board the wheel steamer “Uddewalla” for exile in the archipelago. The wheel steamer “Uddewalla” at the northern quay. The boat is located where Västerbron today unites Västerlåggatan with Göteborg Road. The “Uddewalla” was built at Motala workshop, launched in 1852 and came to Uddevalla in 1853. With its 60 horsepower, it was considered Sweden’s fastest steamer, the completed stretch Göteborg - Marstrand in just over 2 hours. (Olsson 1983, p. 94.) The discussions about the usefulness of steamboat traffic took off towards the end of the 1830s. The first steamboats appeared in connection with the summer bathing seasons on Gustafsberg. There was some resistance to the new fashions. Uddevalla was still in a stagnation phase and steamboat trips over open water were considered to be quite risky. Furthermore, there was already a fixed boat connection with Gothenburg, but it was a connectio