Boiler Collection

AV Boiler Shop, c1920s
Boiler suspended vertically from crane

AV Boiler Shop, c1920s

AE Erecting Shop, c1927
King class boiler being lowered on to driving wheels

V shop, c1930
Rivetting a firebox

Workers riveting a locomotive boiler in V Boiler Shop c. 1942
In this image taken at Swindon Works sometime during the latter half of the war, three women are shown working on the riveting of a locomotive boiler in V Boiler Shop

Leopard, after boiler explosion, 1857
This photograph shows the damage done to the broad gauge locomotive Leopard after its boiler exploded

Actaeon, after boiler explosion, 1855
This drawing shows the damage done to the Actaeon broad gauge locomotive when its boiler exploded in Gloucester Station yard on 7th February 1855

King George V at Cardiff Docks, 1927
King George Vs boiler being craned at Cardiff Docks, on its way to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centenary celebrations in America in 1927

Women working on a locomotive boiler in Swindon Work during WW2

V shop, 1962
Boiler number 6425 undergoing work

V Shop, 1951
Female member of staff drilling boiler from inside

V Shop, 1943
Female worker drilling crown plate of boiler firebox. During World War 2 female staff were employed at Swindon Works to replace the men who had been enlisted

V Shop, 1954
General view of the boiler shop

V Shop, 1945
Rivetting a firebox

AV Boiler Shop, December 1962
Standard 1 boiler awaiting repair

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