Goldcrest
Status: Steaming
Owner: Steve Williams/Mike Smith
Area: UK-North West
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Celandine 16
Built 1993 by Island Chain & Marine Services Ltd. at Canvey Island
LOA: 16' 6", LWL: 14' 6", Beam: 5' 3", Draft: 2' 0",
Cream with burgandy funnel and waterline, varnished deck, wheel steering.
Boiler
VWT Built 1994 by Precision Steam at Tiverton
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi,
No.708, No.5 size.
Engine
Compound. 2 1/4" + 3 5/8" X 2 1/4"Built 1993 by Alan Gordon at Leckhampton
Designed by: Cyril Taylor
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
On 5 turned columns, Xhead driven air pump, ecc driven fp, copper tube Kcond.
Propeller
3 blades, 14" X 24"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel
History
Fitted out by the late Alan Gordon, first steamed 1994 when named RIVERVILLE. Acquired April 1997, fitted with keel condenser, flywheel, flexible coupling etc. renamed. 1998 steamed 100 miles on Macclesfield Canal and Windermere.
Last Modified: 2014.12.22.
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(Owner) Macclesfield Canal, 1998