First PSPS Visit to P.S. Waverley at Great Yarmouth

Report Part 3

Words and Pictures by Martin Longhurst

Next to the Engineering Shop where the steam windlass from Waverley's bow was stripped down ...

... together with the fire pump ...

... the capstan from the stern ...

... and the reversing engine.

The next stage of the tour took us on to the paddler ...

... passing the Main Engine crankshaft on the quay side.

Looking astern the laying of the wooden deck over the steel weather deck was progressing.

 

This compound is applied to the underside of the timbers.

This plastic and scaffolding canopy protects the work in progress.

A glimpse of the Emergency Generator at the aft end of the Aft Deck Shelter.

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