Project Work July 2004

Meanwhile, Ben the Builder (yes he can!) puts a few more course on the new pillar in the Civil's Shed. This old shed is an original farm building, timber framed with crinkly tin cladding. However, the timbers are not good in parts. The solution chosen for the worst pillar (and the one next to it, later) is to encase it in blockwork, support the roof, remove the wooden pillar and then fill the new column with concrete.

Behind Ben, hiding under tarpaulins, is the 50hp Hunslet in a partially-restored condition. It is stored on No.5 Road.

An idea for the future may be to complete both pillars and use them as the basis for a new solid end wall, shortening the building to three quarters of its current area. Although covered space is valuable, this reduction would fully open up access to the wagon display area via No.5 Road, allow for a new stock storage siding to be built, and also free up space to pave the way for a possible extension of the Big Shed.

Rick Beton

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