The Steamship Motala Express is a fast and comfortably steamship and
also a good representative of the craftsmanship and engineering of F. G.
Sandwalls Mekaniska Verkstad. She was built not only for passengers, she was
also constructed to take a large amount of goods.
Steamship Motala Express is the highest representative of a fast-sailing
comfortable steamship from the 1890s and also a good representative of
Jönköping Mechanical Engineering craftsmanship and engineering.
Steamer Motala Express was built not only for passengers, the ship was
constructed also for taking large amounts of goods over the lake Vättern.
Around the lake there are big Indstries and operating communities, such as
forsvik, Motala, Aspa, Huskvarna and Jönköpmg and for transportation
to and from these was steamship traffic on Vättern and through the
Göta canal extremely important. The ship has been in Stockholm gone
through a renovation to the ship's original appearance, as far as possible.
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