Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
A video detailing steaming planks with Burrell Road locomotive "Atlas". Alexander Salisbury has been actively restoring a wooden hulled 1960's police interceptor boat to full working order, the hull needed very nearly a complete rebuild. Despite this hull being a modern hard-chine shape, many planks including those on the transom need to be bent. For those who do not know, wooden ship planking needs to be bent and curved with steam. Luckily, we have a steam engine......
A video detailing steaming planks with Burrell Road locomotive "Atlas". Alexander Salisbury has been actively restoring a wooden hulled 1960's police interceptor boat to full working order, the hull needed very nearly a complete rebuild. Despite this hull being a modern hard-chine shape, many planks including those on the transom need to be bent. For those who do not know, wooden ship planking needs to be bent and curved with steam. Luckily, we have a steam engine......
