This morning Coffee Pot No.1’s new boiler passed its hydraulic test and quality assurance checks. It is therefore complete as far as construction is concerned and will shortly move to County Durham for preparation for the steam test and installation into the frames. This means that we are now on the final leg of this restoration, though no new deadline for completion is being set!

Below: The only original part of the boiler – the firehole door! Taken off the boiler previously carried by Coffee Pot.