Pilot House & Chart House

Restoration

Congratulations to the ships crew and volunteers that worked on this project.

Photo of the pilot house during it's restoration. This is the center of the room.

Another photo during the restoration. This is the forward or front of the pilot house. Note the BRASS stand for the ship's wheel. 

Pilot house after restoration is completed. Below is a close-up of the front of the Pilot house.

Engine room telegraph

During the restoration of the engine shaft speed indication. Below is what it looked like when completed.

This is the doorway from the pilot house to the Captain's sea cabin and bridge radio room.

Beyond these two rooms is the chart house.

Unfortunately I have no photos of what this room looked like prior to restoration but the detail of the instruments in this room has been masterfully restored and is very important to the overall enhancement to this room.

Ships depth gauge.

This is looking forward, the door from the chart house to the bridge radio room and pilot house beyond.

More photos to follow later

The first photo is the radio room prior to our working on it.

The bridge radio room and the Capt's sea cabin were not completely restored. This was due in part to budget concerns.

However we wanted to start the long process of restoration by stopping any further corrosion damage. By doing this it will be less costly to complete a full restoration in the future.

Bridge radio room

After the walls had been needle gunned and sanded this paint was applied to control the corrosion from continuing any further.