One good thing is that the piping is nice and new. We started rebuilding the superheater elements, this job required alot of cutting, and preparation before the welding can be done. 15th January 2001 Merv and Paul have been busy welding the super heater elements together. They are gas welded and each weld takes about 20 minutes do to, and there are 12 welds per element, sometimes more if the new elbow bends need to be made. We hired a truck with a Hiab to lift the tanks on, all appears to fit ok, especially given that one tank was almost completely rebuilt.
Work continues on the super heater elements.
Some are complete and have been hydraulic tested, so far so good. Merv, Paul and Kevin are working away with the remainder of the super heater elements and ensure they are up to standard. Now the tanks are back on we can start to pumb them up to the boiler. 31st March 2001 John Ireland reconditioned the Steam Turbine, Merv and Mike fitted it to the Wab. Bolting the Tanks to the Wab.