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There is an egg-ended boiler surviving at the Nantgarw Pottery, just north of Cardiff. A knowledgable friend dates it at 1820/30. It is in a precarious state at present with its building collapsed on top of it and intense rusting. That does not answer your question as to how rare such a thing is but now there are two! Michael Messenger At 11:59 21/07/03 +0100, you wrote: >Hi List, > >Some time ago there was a discussion of egg-ended boilers, but I cannot >remember what the result was. In the last week, however, a friend has >found one concealed by undergrowth on a colliery site. No maker's plates >are evident, but we think that it dates from the first half of the 19th >century. Can anyone tell us how rare the survival of such a boiler is? > >Thanks in advance for any help. > >Mike Gill > > > ----------------------------------------- Michael Messenger [log in to unmask] http://www.twelveheads.com/ -----------------------------------------