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  • Preparing the Boiler Room
    With the boiler removed giving better access, the bottom strip of the bulkhead between the boiler room and the aft saloon has been renewed. The little door gives access from the aft saloon to the hand mudlhole on the back end of the boiler.
  • Preparing the Boiler Room
    A cover over the empty boiler room.
  • Preparing the Boiler Room
    Work starts assessing the new steelwork work necessary under the boiler. The empty boiler room looking towards the aft bulkhead.
  • Preparing the Boiler Room
    Looking towards the engine.
  • Preparing the Boiler Room
    The old boiler cradles. The manhole with an arrow is for access from the aft saloon to the small mudhole door on the aft end of the boiler.
  • Preparing the Boiler Room
    Looking down into the boiler room after the old boiler has been removed. The firebars are sitting just aft of the green frames of the engine.
  • Preparing the Boiler Room
    The fore and aft parts of the boiler cradle, the bilge and centre keelsons as well as other steelwork have now been renewed and all have received a coat of paint.

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  • Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company
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For all enquiries about sailings and bookings visit the Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company website www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk or call 01803 555 872.

For anything which is not an enquiry or booking you can contact us here.

Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust Ltd. is run entirely by volunteers and is a company limited by guarantee no. 755216 and a charity no. 299931.

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It is now more than thirty-five years since we returned Kingswear Castle to service on the Rivers Medway and Thames.

A year-long major rebuild commenced in winter 2021 that will see her return to service again in 2023.

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