Second PSPS Visit to Great Yarmouth Part 2

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A general view of the paddler from the gangway showing temporary awnings over the engine room and the empty after deck.

The party gathered around the boiler room while Ian McMillan explains the work in progress.

Looking down into the boiler room with scaffold boards to allow access to install the pipework.

The fireboxes of the boilers with the forced draught fan top right.

The fine wire being used to align the bearings of the main engine to the paddle shaft may just be discerned. The tolerance for this job is as much as ten thousandths of an inch, more than for a faster running marine diesel engine.

The view from the port engine room alleyway.

Safety and neat working practices are very much a feature of George Prior's operations.

The control platform.

Re-decking in progress on the Starboard sponson.

The opening used by the deck crew to reach the aft waist mooring bits. Image by Stuart Cameron

The after companionway from the Promenade Deck. Image by Stuart Cameron

The bottom of the same companionway. The party make their way into the Langs Supreme Bar. Image by Stuart Cameron

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