Boiler Installation

[Bob Read]

When Titanic’s boilers were lowered down to their boiler rooms by the floating crane, they were lowered down on the fore and aft midline. What mechanical method did they use to move the outboard boilers from the centerline position to their final outboard position?

 

[Cam Houseman]

When Titanic’s boilers were lowered down to their boiler rooms by the floating crane, they were lowered down on the fore and aft midline. What mechanical method did they use to move the outboard boilers from the centerline position to their final outboard position?

that's a great question, Bob. I just started a thread about something similar to this. Always wondered myself.

 

[Stephen Carey]

I've written a paragraph on the common shipyard practice of "skidding" as a reply to Cam's post earlier regarding fitting out alongside the berth.