Photos of the Boiler taken January 2010
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View from the smokebox end. All expanded tubes have been removed only the stay tubes remain - they are thicker and welded in. Note boiler is on its side mud door on the right is normally at the bottom.
More photos below |
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This view is looking in the man hole towards the firebox. The tubes are the stay tubes |
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Another view looking at the firebox crown. The vertical rods are the firebox crown stays. The two long rods are two of the three longitudinal stays, the ends can just be seen in the first photo. You can clearly see where the water level normally sits in the boiler. |
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The firebox tube plate as seen from the firebox. The
firebox crown is at the top of the picture. We are presently in the process of cleaning the tube holes |
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Sections through the ends of the tubes we have removed
On the left are the firebox tube ends that were leaking, on the right are both ends of tubes that were OK
The tubes must have been leaking for some time for this wasting damage to have occurred