These photographs are of a Fowler. Here a flanged and welded box is being fitted. I've included a few shots of the array of stays used connecting the backhead to the crown sheet and the tubeplate to the top of the barrell. The different methods of construction are always interesting.

	Plate let into the backhead.
	Stays from the crown sheet to the backhead.
	New barrell being fitted.
	Tubeplate ready for fitting.
	Flanged and welded box with welded girder stays.
	Box in.
	Tubeplate to barrell stays.
	Tubeplate view.
	Alot of stays.
	Throatplate.

 

 

 

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