October 2008
| Original Cochran boiler Crown. Boiler No XT 11130 made in 1943 | |
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The boiler has been removed to Cochran’s of Annan, the original manufacturers. After examination, it was condemned – but is being used as a template for a new, more efficient coal-burning boiler. Its original description was a vent cross tube boiler with a working pressure of 120 psi.
December 2008
| VIC 27’s original boiler is removed to lighten the vessel before she was slipped. It was then sent to the original boiler makers, now Cochran UK, to facilitate making a replacement. | |
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| Original Boiler number: Cochran No XT 11130, year 1943 | |
March 2015
| New boiler under construction at Cochran UK in Dumfries and Galloway | |
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| Above left: Top and Bottom fire tube ends Above right: Lower fire tube end and fire box Below left: Shell casing end on Below right: Shell casing on its side |
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August 2015
Boiler ready for collection at Cochrans.
Boiler ready to leave Cochrans at Annan
Crane in place at Crinan Boatyard
The new boiler arrives at Crinan Boatyard.
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There is now rather less empty space in the Engine Room:
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Add a roof:
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Pop on a funnel:
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And now she looks much more like a puffer!
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Artist in Residence, Nick Walker (Captain of Crinan’s other puffer – the VIC32) captures the spirit of the occasion. |
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And in spite of the boatyard’s efforts to distract onlookers with plenty of good food, all eyes were rigidly focused in one direction:
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2018-19
The fire grate templates were generously donated by a gentleman from the East Coast and new grates were cast by Charles Laing & Sons Ltd of Edinburgh.
