5th November 2009

Today was a big day for Coffee Pot – its first steaming and steam test!

Below: Pumping water into the boiler…

Below: The safety valve lifts at 120psi! The boiler seems to steam very well, and this was without the blower being fitted…

Below: Joe Moore, the boiler inspector from Zurich, tends the fire…

Below: A general view of the boiler on its special test cradle. Tests were completed satisfactorily and Vince will now make the cladding before the boiler is fitted into the frames. The next big day will be the engine being turned over under steam…