Boat stories
Andora (Bob Tidy’s 1051 project), Bekita, Secunda, Newcastle, Minnow, President, and Sandbach. Workshop: 1051 No. 1001 dismantle.
bolinder-engines.co.uk · Stage 3c live
Bolinder marine diesel engines
A heritage reference for historic Swedish Bolinder engines — the workhorses that powered many UK canal boats and barges.
Explore the site
Stage 3b adds a curated gallery and six rewritten boat stories alongside the Stage 3a reference pages. Still preview only — not the production domain.
Gallery
Selected craft and engine photographs from the heritage archive (not the full dump).
History & models
Swedish roots, UK waterways context, and family introductions for the 105x and semi-diesel lines.
Manuals & FAQ
Downloadable heritage manuals and catalogues, plus FAQ answers for common questions.
Demos
Public JSON API, Workers AI Q&A, and contact form — the Stage 2 feature layer.
Roadmap
- Stage 1 — Confirmation site and custom-domain binding.
- Stage 2 — Feature demos (table, API, AI Q&A, form).
- Stage 3a — Structure and prose (history, models, manuals hub, FAQ).
- Stage 3b — Curated gallery and boat stories.
- Stage 3c — Document PDFs published on Manuals hub.
- Stage 4 — Further polish.
Production domain remains on the earlier Stage 1 site until you explicitly approve a fuller Stage 3 promotion. No archive binaries or FrontPage HTML are published here.