Dunrobin progresses - firebox work and cylinder block removed...

Dunrobin progresses – firebox work and cylinder block removed…

Below: Duncan Ballard has sent through these photographs showing current progress on Dunrobin.  The first sections of Dunrobin’s firebox have been removed, with sections of the backplate and throatplate cut out.  These will be replaced, to enable the side sheets of the outer wrapper/firebox to be cut back to the same level and similarly replaced.  This process enables a constant datum to be maintained.

Below: Meanwhile, in the works, the volunteers at Bridgnorth have removed and cleaned all of the motion to enable the cylinder block to be freed and removed – the block is seen here from the rear and then the front.  This will now return to Beamish for survey, drawing and then pricing for a pattern, casting and machining of the replacement block.  It is hoped that, if we have a good summer, this work can be commissioned in the autumn.  A good example of the direct correlation between the money we make on site being ploughed back into projects such as this – so please do visit us and spend some money at the Museum!!!