Tixall
Status: Steaming
Owner: Matt Jodrell
Area: UK-North West
Hull
Narrowboat.
Construction: Welded steel.
Built 1986 by Stoke-on-Trent Boatbuilding Co. Ltd.
LOA: 56' 0", LWL: 55' 0", Beam: 6' 10", Draft: 2' 6",
Build number 34. Green, tiller steering.
Boiler
VFT Built 2006 by Otmoor Ironworks at Billinghurst
Fuel: Wood briquettes, Pressure: 150 psi, Grate area: 3.2 sqft,
Steel barrel. 51 X 1.5" dia Steel tubes.
condensing, engine driven pump, injector, steam feed pump, whistle,
Engine
Compound. + 7" X 4"Built 1986 by Anthony Bever at Swindon
Designed by: A.A. Leak
pv on HP, sv on LP valve. SLRG valve gear.
Power: 25 HP
The first large Leak compound built. Two feed pumps, air pump and cooing water pump driven from crosshead.
Propeller
Bronze, 3 blades, 23" X 24"
Shaft: 2" steel
History
Built 1986 by Stoke-on-Trent Boatbuilders. Original Lune Valley boiler replaced 2006 by VFT type and converted to wood briquettes from coal. Bought by Neil and Linda Cocksedge in March 2015. Engine overhaul by John Maltby winter 2017/8. Extensive refit at Stokeboats 2017 to 2019. Sold to Matt Jodrell June 2024.
Last Modified: 2024.06.28.
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On Shropshire Union Canal 2019
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