Meaning of boiler shop | Babel Free

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A workshop where steam boilers are constructed, overhauled or repaired.

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“[p162] Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Boiler Shop⟳: Overhaul and testing of boilers, manufacture⟳ of light⟳ plate details, tender plating. [p162] It may seem incongruous that a locomotive works should build⟳ landing craft and refuelling barges, but this type⟳ of work⟳ did not prove⟳ so difficult for a well-equipped boiler shop⟳. [p163] The boiler shop⟳ welders, whose skill is of an extremely high standard, are trained [...] at the welding school close⟳ by the laboratory in the main works building.”

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