THE HULL: the engine room

The bow of the Vallejo has a hatch into the hull. The front bulkhead wall seems to have been removed, or maybe it didn't exist. Our marine engineer requested we weld in a big iron beam across the bow, in anticipation of moving the Vallejo to drydock.
This is the bow, port side.
 
This is the bow, starboard side.
 
The dark shadowy thing in the middle of the above photos is this, the engine. It's an engine from a train.

Behind the engine is a huge pig iron plate lining the bulkhead wall.


Any one know what it was for specifically?

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PHOTOS BY PAUL LECLERC
SS Vallejo 36 Varda Landing Sausalito, CA 94965 info@vallejo.to