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In 2016 while on holiday near Banalmedina in Spain I went to the marina to try and find the USS Willow.

She is a genuine paddle steamer that started life in 1925 on the mississippi river, much later in life she was used as an entertainment venue in Spain but the owners went bust and she has sat abandoned since 1998.

A google search today has revealed that she is now sinking which is a sad end to a great looking boat.

Such a shame that someone has not restored her. I would love to have the money to restore it and live on it.

Link to the news item,
https://global.fm/news/historic-benalmadena-paddle-steamer-sinking/

Pictures taken by me in 2016,









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