Prague on the river since 1865
History of steam navigation in Prague
Discover the story of Prague’s passenger steam navigation, its paddle steamers and the routes that connected the city with the Vltava and Elbe landscapes.
František Vichta · 2007
The story in English
This English account draws on František Vichta’s 2007 history of Prague steam navigation.
The book entitled “The History of Steam-Navigation in Prague” follows up the historical exhibition “Parníkem po Praze” (“Prague from a Steamboat”) mapping the history of Pražská paroplavební společnost (“Prague Steam-Navigation Company”) from 1865 until the present time. The exhibition was displayed in the National Museum in Prague in summer 2000.
Read the English storySelected milestones
The first successful steamboat trial in PraguePrague Steamboat Company is foundedThe company’s own shipbuilding tradition beginsPaddle steamers Vltava and Vyšehrad enter serviceVltava and Vyšehrad become protected cultural monumentsThe Museum of Steamboats opens
