RN Dockyard Portable Steam Boiler
£ P.O.A.
A large and powerful portable steam boiler built for the Admiralty (Royal Navy) as a dockyard boiler, to be used for dockside testing, etc.
Coal-fired and substantial welded construction, including heavy wheels. Large collapsable chimney. Complete with a Worthington-Simpson duplex feed pump, bracket mounted on one side and various boiler fittings including safety valves and water level gauges.
Fully restored and for sale in very good condition, with new boiler certificates.
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