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Abandoned river tram on the Desna River

In a quiet backwater of the Desna River, near the village of Rozhny in the Kyiv region, you can find an unexpected thing – a real river tram.

According to local residents, the owner of the “river tram” is a former chief of waterways. One day, he decided to build a floating dacha and bought a couple of pontoons.

Abandoned river tram, the Desna River, Kyiv region, Ukraine, photo 1

Since building a house from scratch was troublesome, he took an already finished construction, and bought a tram car in the depot at a price of scrap metal.

Inside, this craftsman equipped cabins with beds, and a kitchen with a refrigerator. The ship had no engine, but it was not a problem as, at the time, there were a lot of ships on the Desna and any of them could gladly took it in tow.

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Many years later. The owner of the river tram resigned and abandoned it. Here’s how it looks now gradually destroyed by nature. An amazing and unusual sight. Photos by: Richard Zorge.

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