[paper]Babcock Steambloc Boiler – Type TC50, 20 years old, fitted with two Saacke rotary cup burners which run on residual fuel oils up to 3500 secs Redwood. One burner is also configured to run on gas oil. Operating pressure up to 250 psi with an output of 40,000 lbs/hr. Dimensions are: 12 feet diameter by 22 feet length (including burners) with a weight of approx 51 tonnes. The boiler has recently been fitted with two new furnace sections and is currently in survey. The boiler is offered to a commercial operation for any reasonable nominal offer, or if none are forthcoming, to a charitable operation at minimal cost. The new owner would be responsible for it’s uplift and transport from Great Yarmouth.
Interested parties should email Ian McMillan or Gordon Reid of Waverley Excursions, based at George Prior Engineering as soon as possible.
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All photographs by Gordon Reid.