Ιστορικές φωτο της Αλεξανδρούπολης [Historic photos of Alexandroupolis]

[Nicholas Peppas]

In http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthr...943#post168943 I already commented on the subsidized route to Alexandroupolis and Kavalla before World War II, in the 1950s and 1960s. I mentioned that the line was served in the 1950s and 1960s by the black Typaldos ship Ionion (built in 1893 in Norway, 811 tons and 184 ft long, scrapped in 1962) until 1962.

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My best source of information for this route, Lefteris P. of Wilmington, Delaware recalls the trip with Ionion. She was a nice ship but not as kalotaxido as Georgios F (more about her later). Passing Cavo d' Oro was a particular experience... He believes that after 1962 the ship serving the route was either Kolokotronis or Kanaris.

I will be talking about Ionion's history (with lots of pictures). She was a great Norwegian ship and she has been included in many sites. See http://www.ads.no/fleet_old.html

Also http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/DS_%C2%ABDronningen%C2%BB

Here is a nice site with a picture of Ionion in the dry dock.
http://www.kefalonitis.com/plugins/p..._articleid=295

By the way the Web site http://androspoets.homestead.com/cycladeships.html is wrong about Ionion. It was not Japanese...

See also http://www.sjohistorie.no/skip/d/dronningen

D/S Dronningen

Kallesignal: JVPQ - LDGY
Flagg: Norsk
Reder: Arendals Dampskipsselskap A/S
Hjemmehavn: Arendal
Klasse: DNV1A1
Mål
Lengde: 186,6
Bredde: 27,0
Dyptgående: 20,1
Tonnasje
Brutto Tonage: 661
Netto Tonage: 400
Toppfart(knop): 12
Verft
Bygget ved: Fevigs Jernskibsbyggeri, Grimstad. Norge
Byggeår: 1894
Byggenummer: 12
Leveringsmåned: Januar
Motor
Motortype: Triple 3 cyl.
Motorstørrelse: NHK 133
Andre opplysninger
Rutefart Oslo - Bergen
Historikk:Haakon Larsson-Fedde,Farsund
D/S"Dronningen"
6/1894: A/S Arendals Dampskibsselskab,Arendal "DRONNINGEN"
11/1940: Det Helgelandske Dampskibsselskab,Sandnessjøen
10/1947: Ole T. Flakke,Kr.sund N.
1/1948: Haralambos Typaldos,Pireus "IONION"

[Ellinis]

Την γραμμή Πειραιά-Αϊ Στράτη-Λήμνου-Σαμοθράκης-Αλεξ/λης-Καβάλας μετά το ΙΟΝΙΟΝ εξυπηρέτησαν σίγουρα το ΜΥΡΤΙΔΙΩΤΙΣΣΑ, το ΚΑΝΑΡΗΣ, το ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ αλλά και το ΛΗΜΝΟΣ των Τυπάλδων.

Αναρωτιέμαι πόσες ώρες να έκανε το ΙΟΝΙΟΝ να φτάσει στην Αλεξανδρούπολη...

[Nicholas Peppas]

Αναρωτιέμαι πόσες ώρες να έκανε το ΙΟΝΙΟΝ να φτάσει στην Αλεξανδρούπολη...

I will ask Lefteris P and let you know

[Nicholas Peppas]

I will ask Lefteris P and let you know

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Here is the answer (5:00 pm CST, USA 7/2/09) from Lefteris P as he remembers things.

Ionion schedule: Departure from Kastro Lemnou (Myrina) late in the morning, arrival in Alexandroupolis around 4:00 pm, departure at 5:00 pm, arrival in Kavalla 11:30 pm to midnight. And he remembers the captain taking the doudouka and shouting. "Now you have an hour and a half to go and eat souvlakia in Kavalla and be back at 1:00 am so we can leave for Lemnos"!!!


Unforgettable details, memorable times, axestes epohes.

Lefteris will register with us and start giving us his memories in a few days!

Stay tuned


PS: he believes that between Ionion and Kanaris there was another ship. Also he recalls that in teh 50s and 60s other smaller local ships were doing just Alexandroupolis-Myrina-Alexandroupolis. Finally the route Alexandroupolis-Samothraki-Alexandroupolis was done only with kaikia. Saos Lines came much later

[Nicholas Peppas]

The first postcard should the town in the 1970s, the second in 2000

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[Nicholas Peppas]

The renown lighthouse of Alexandroupolis in 1963. The photograph is from the second volume of Leonidas Kouvaris' Nea Eikonografimeni Geografia Atlas tis Ellados (New Illustrated Geography and Atlas of Greece, Syropouloi bros and Koumandareas, publishers, Panepistimiou 44, Athens)
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[Nicholas Peppas]

Some rare photos from when Alexandroupolis was under Ottoman occupation and with the name Dedeagatch.

First, the small town of the late 1800s and beginning 1900s was an important transportation center. Only one of two important towns between Adrianoupolis (Edirne) and Thessaloniki (Selanik) (the other was Cavalla), Dedeagatch has consulates and other great services. Here is an office of the Deutche-Oriental Bank!

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And here is the Russian (!) consulate with the red blue and white flag of the tsars...

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And also a photo of the town in 1907

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Let's go now to the harbor and check it in a picture from 1909 or 1910
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[Nicholas Peppas]

And here are two more photos from Alexandroupolis after the liberation, in fact probably after 1928.
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[a.molos]

Αγαπητέ φίλε μας, καλημέρα και καλό μήνα !
Προσωπικά σε ευχαριστώ πολύ για τις μοναδικές φωτογραφίες της Αλεξανδρούπολης, καθώς είναι μία απο τις αγαπημένες μου πόλεις, την οποία επισκέπτομαι όποτε έχω ευκαιρία( για φέτος ελπίζω τέλος Νοεμβρίου). ΟΙ φωτογραφίες που παραθέτεις είναι μοναδικές και μας θυμίζουν τα πρωτα χρόνια του ΔΕΔΕ-ΑΓΑΤΣ (Δέντρο του Ερημίτη) μιας πόλης που μεγάλωσε και έγινε σημαντική χάρις στο λιμάνι και το σιδηρόδρομο.
Και πάλι ευχαριστώ και περιμένω καί άλλες εικόνες που θα ανακαλύψεις !

[Nicholas Peppas]

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ΟΙ φωτογραφίες που παραθέτεις είναι μοναδικές και μας θυμίζουν τα πρωτα χρόνια του ΔΕΔΕ-ΑΓΑΤΣ (Δέντρο του Ερημίτη) μιας πόλης που μεγάλωσε και έγινε σημαντική χάρις στο λιμάνι και το σιδηρόδρομο.
Και πάλι ευχαριστώ και περιμένω καί άλλες εικόνες που θα ανακαλύψεις !

Αλεξανδρουπολις 1925

Φωτογραφια απο την ψηφιοποιημενη συλλογη του Ελληνικου Λογοτεχνικου και Ιστορικου Αρχειου. (http://eliaserver.elia.org.gr/elia/site/content.php)

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