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News of Fenchurch's Repair

The new smokebox wrapper plate has been delivered.

The dome base studs have been removed and in most cases the threads re-tapped slightly larger, requiring stepped studs, which will be fitted after the spacer ring has been machined and faced to fit the base.

The tanks have had a few holes along the bottom patched. A number of older repairs are clearly visible, but will be hidden when the cladding sheets are fitted.

One of the feed water valve lifting rods. This is an original wrought-iron part, this end of which connects to the valve itself in the base of the tank, hence the corrosion visible.

The vacuum pipe has been re-routed to keep it as far out of sight as possible. This picture shows the new low-level position on the rear bufferbeam, and the connection into the cab passing through a hole in the drag box. It was not possible to fit it below the bufferbeam as that would have been too low to connect to a high-level pipe on the other side.

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