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Photograph © Jon Bird
2005

1st December 2005

A larger steam chest used in building ships can be seen in this Douglas West photograph from Whitstable Museum.

The steam chest is the long box to the left of the photo. The steam came from the small hut behind, which housed the shipyard’s steam engine.

The team fits the boiling-hot sheer strake into place quickly and with great confidence.