WAKATIPU STEAMER
Plates To Be Renewed “The Press" Special Service DUNEDIN, July 29. For the first time in 48 years plates on the Wakatipu steamer, Eamslaw, have to be renewed. The marine surveyor, when he inspected the ship which is now on its slip on the Frankton Arm, found that soapy water dripping from around the sink in the galley had caused three plates to deteriorate. These plates were removed, and three new ones have been made at the Hillside workshops in Dunedin. The officer in charge of the lake steamer service, Mr W. S. Shearer, said the plates probably would have been good for some time, but it was decided to renew them at this,overhaul rather than have the service interrupted later. Working with Eamslaw crew members on the overhaul are 10 railway employees from Hillside. Before the ship was hauled on to the slip extensive work was done at her berth. Her two triple-expansion engines the original ones—were completely overhauled. When the plates are replaced, the galley and pantry will be rebuilt. The chief engineer of the ship, Mr J. Fogarty, who is in charge of the work, said the underwater surface of the hull would be repainted before the ship was refloated, but the white superstructure would not be repainted until about November. The Eamslaw is expected to be back in service next week.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29270, 30 July 1960, Page 7
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