Hackaday

Volunteers at the Claymills Pumping Station in the UK are in the final stages of restoring a 1930s Lancashire boiler that last operated in 1971. Key tasks included freeing a completely seized damper shaft (which had to be replaced with a manufactured replica), fitting cast-iron ash boxes, inspecting automatic sprinkler stokers, replacing missing furnace doors with replicas, and refurbishing surrounding pipework and brickwork. Despite passing a 120 PSI pressure test with all safety systems operational, several more weeks of reassembly work remain before the boiler can be fired up again after 50 years.

Preparing To Fire Up A 90-Year-Old Boiler After Half A Century