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The photograph
left (by John Broomby) shows brother, David Broomby taking advantage of last
Saturday's glorious weather to get on with the task of drilling and tapping the
fixing points for the vessel's brass name letters. The letters have been
removed and cleaned, but the locating holes in the ship's bulwarks required
attention too. David is seen here complete with safety harness atop a temporary
staging erected at the port bow. Having marked out the name of the vessel in
chalk he is better able to locate the existing location points, many of which
have become blocked. Each is then drilled out and the hole carefully re-tapped
to accept the securing screws in readiness for the name letters to be replaced
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One of the two main
circulating pumps in the engine-room, prior to dismantling. These pumps
manufactured by the Drysdale company, now part of the Weir Group, must rate
as some of the earliest surviving examples of this type. All records indicate
these pumps to have been installed when the vessel was built and so also date
to 1903.
Despite appearances these pumps are
of a considerable weight and it was necessary to remove the pump and
propulsion engine as separate items. It was with great care, a lot of
physical effort and a few words of 'encouragement' that the components were
raised by block and tackle to deck level. As can be seen from the
accompanying photos once there, both the engine and pump unit have received
careful attention from the volunteers
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Volunteer, Gordon Weston
cleaning up the single cylinder steam engine which drives the pump, as can be
seen it is already starting to look considerably better and with the old paint
removed it's excellent condition is evident.
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