• Refit 2002-2003
    Kingswear Castle's Engineer, Chris Smith, painting the port paddle wheel. One of the major jobs this winter has been the complete rebuilding of the port paddle box and all the steel and wood working for this has been done by Chris, ably assisted by his son Daniel.
  • Refit 2002-2003
    A view from the bridge with Kingswear Castle up the slipway on dry land at Strood . 12th April 2002.
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    A view of the new paddle box.
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    Wood cladding is laid over the steel.
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    The finished product.
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    The fan venting all in place. The name board and stars were carved by Paul Stevens who, some years ago, provided the scroll boards for the bow.
  • Refit 2002-2003
    The outer structure of the new paddle box is complete with the decorative centre piece showing a carving of the eponymous castle and painted by volunteer Terry Harries.
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    Chris Smith welds the new steel cover into place with snow under foot.
  • Refit 2002-2003
    The basic steel structure being re-built.