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Old 04-17-21, 08:05 AM   #16726
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To both above:
Yes in Africa, and
yes photo most probably from 19th century,
though it was used into the 20ieth century.
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Old 04-17-21, 09:36 AM   #16727
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Old 04-17-21, 10:49 AM   #16728
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gold ore crush/stamp machine?
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Old 04-17-21, 01:10 PM   #16729
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IBIS?
No, but.. what do you mean with this? What is that?
Not a bird anyway
@Aktungbby: Not a gold ore crush/stamp machine.
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Old 04-17-21, 01:25 PM   #16730
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No, but.. what do you mean with this? What is that?
Not a bird anyway
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The Ibis was a paddle-propelled steamship built in 1886 at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan, Scotland for the British Government's Nile Expedition.
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Old 04-17-21, 02:02 PM   #16731
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^ thanks, never heard of this

As a "reward": it is a paddle steamer.
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Old 04-17-21, 04:39 PM   #16732
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built by Alley &MacLellan S-30 'zulu' sternwheeler? Perhaps the Begam?
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Old 04-18-21, 03:45 AM   #16733
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No.

edit: though looks a bit like it,

http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=7207.0

and it is a stern wheeler. Most were, since they were less prone to damage the paddle wheel when running over snags in inland waters etc.
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Zambezi River?
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No, not as far as i know. Most unlikely.
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Inland lake?
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Inland, not a lake afaik.
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built in Britain and assembled in Africa?
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built in Britain and assembled in Africa?
No, as Jim asked: german.
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