Editing SS Robin (section)

===2008 to 2010===
In June 2008, ''Robin'' was to undergo her first seaward journey in 35 years from South Quay to [[Lowestoft]] for structural restoration using, so far as was practicable, the same craft skills with which she was built in 1890, conserving her Victorian technology.<ref name=NatHistShips /> Once at Lowestoft a detailed examination revealed that after 118 years she was now considered too fragile to be able to float again. Initially it was thought that ''Robin'' would need a 40% steel replacement, but after the examination it showed that she would need an 80% steel replacement thereby essentially ruining her historical value. These new findings urged SS Robin Trust to find a less destructive approach maintaining ''Robin''. It soon became clear that a pontoon would be the most innovative and least destructive method to keep her floating and to preserve and display her original riveted fabric.<ref name=NatHistShips /> It also provided a wealth of more space. In 2010, ''Robin'' was lifted by two cranes and placed onto her new pontoon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10427928 |title={{-'}}Oldest' steamship completes refit and heads for London |work=[[BBC News]] |department=England |date=27 June 2010}}</ref> She was then towed to [[Tilbury]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11349724 |title={{-'}}World's last' steamcoaster heads home to London |work=[[BBC News]] |department=England |date=17 September 2010}}</ref> where she was moored for a year.