Progress on WD Boiler Repairs

Having received acceptance of the original patent metallurgy and repair strategy from BES, the Boilershop Team have formed the two thicknesses of repair section boiler plate into the required radii and tack welded them together.

The position of the double row lap seam rivet holes have been marked out ready for drilling and reaming, and the order for the batch of roundhead rivets required is about to be placed.

The photo below shows the new plate shaped and sized to fit the wasted section already cut out from the base of the WD boiler