Rhodesian Boiler

A blog covering colonial life and rural technologies as regards British colonial Africa.

Sunday, 17 November 2013

Alternatives to the One Drum Donkey Boiler

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Several alternative schemes have been devised, addressing one or other deficiency of the one drum boiler. Perhaps, the most common is the up...
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Saturday, 16 November 2013

My Second Version of the One Drum Boiler

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On the occasion of my marriage, I moved to a newly constructed homestead and it was time to design and construct my Mark II donkey boiler: ...

My First One Drum Boiler

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When the latest version of our classic design of Rhodesian boiler stopped working, during my teens, I got to thinking about making improveme...
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Variations and Efficiency of the Rhodesian Boiler

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Those of you from colder climes will be wondering how these open air, wood  burning monsters survived for so long. The design of the Rhodesi...
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Friday, 15 November 2013

Design Considerations

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Every example of a Rhodesian boiler was built with whatever materials were to hand. As a result, there are nearly as many different designs ...
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Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Essentials of the Rhodesian Boiler

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The essential feature of the Rhodesian boiler is the use of a single 200 liter (44 imperial gallon) drum as both hot water storage tank an...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Origins of the Rhodesian boiler

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Having established that the 'donkey boiler' takes its name from auxiliary maritime boilers, I then turned to finding the origins of ...
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