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Canal Transport Services News - August 2011 |
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With the variety of projects we have tackled
over the years, we had the skills to take on a job that
others could not, and help out some good people at the same
time. The couple who live on this
boat needed the cabin extension fitted by previous owners,
removing and replacing with something more substantial.
Our experience of GRP/plywood cabins
combined with steel framework produced a solid job which the
owners can paint and fit out in their own time.
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Canal Transport Services News - July 2011 |
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Pelsall Canal Festival in June gave us the
chance to show off "Nineveh". This
superb CTS tug features a 5 plank double curved "Josher"
style bow and a mighty Kelvin K3 vintage diesel engine.
Fitted out by the owner, she returned to
us for painting to complete the job.
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Canal Transport Services News - June 2011 |
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BHP No.3 is a BCN Day Boat dating from the early 1900s.
Years of hard use and exposure to the elements have caused
corrosion to the point of perforation on the waterline.
We have replaced the bottom 18" of the boat including the
base plate. Anodes on the outside and a sacrificial 150mm x
10mm strip on the inside should hopefully see this boat into
the next century.
The series of pictures show the following;
The boat as she arrived with us at Norton Canes Dock, kept
afloat with sandbags and plywood patches.
The old hull cut away.
A test piece of new steel and old iron, welded and
destruction tested in a press.
The completed job.
The tug "Enterprise" arriving to tow BHP No.3 away.
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Canal Transport Services News -
May
2011 |
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Shown here prior to departure to Pelsall
Canal Festival is Motor Boat "Temeraire" with Butty
"Tenacious" behind. Belonging to
vintage engine specialists Thompson and Co. "Temeraire" has
just undergone a full re-skin and re-paint of its timber
cabin.
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