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Meriel Larken talks to Revel Guest

The Ship, The Lady and The Lake

Hay Festival 2012, 
The recovery and restoration of the steamboat Yavari, built on the Thames 150 years ago, then dismantled and carried in thousands of pieces 12,500 ft up the Andes to Lake Titicaca - where she was used by traders until 1985.

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