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Radnor

Status: No longer a Steamer - Converted to motor

Owner: Sam Leese

Area: UK-West Midlands


Hull

Canal boat. Construction: Steel.
Hull model: Canal Boat designed by Generic at Staffordshire in 2009
Built 2009 by Nick Thorpe at Staffordshire
Fit out 2009 at Staffordshire
LOA: 56' 0", Beam: 6' 6", Draft: 3' 0",

Boiler

Modified SBA VFT 26 inch Designed by David Beale,
Built 2015 by T.R.S. Boiler Makers at Melbourne, Derbyshire
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 140 psi, Grate area: 3,2 sqft, Output: 250 lbs/hr,
26" dia Steel barrel. 204 X 3/8" dia Steel tubes. Welded steel ,expanded tubes construction,
non-condensing, engine driven pump, injector, steam feed pump, whistle,

Engine

Single cylinder. 5" X 6"
Built 1950 by Holmes at Hull UK
Design: Single by: Holmes
Slide valve. Stephenson valve gear.
Steam plant removed and replaced with Lister Diesel engine.

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 28" X 32"
Shaft: > 2" Steel Truck Drive Sh

History

Now a diesel driven boat. Based on Staffs and Worcester canal at Stafford Boat Club , boiler and engine now installed in Little Radnor Steam plant removed and replaced with Lister three cylinder water cooled diesel HRW3 overhauled and fitted by Joe Fuller Engineering Stone Staffordshire


Added to the register: 2015.09.13. Last Modified: 2020.11.21.


Taken by Narrow Boat Foxglove. Acton Trussel Staffs and Worcs.

Photos


Taken at Coventry Boat rally featured in Old Glory Magazine, boat with original Merryweather boiler and burning polish smoke generating coal


Above Sandon Lock on Trent and Mersey - ejector drawing canal and filtering (50 micron) water - photographer noted we were "belching smoke" - see picture above for really belching black stuff


Sunny day - above Weston lock on Trent and Mersey - wife at tiller