he gate in locked position. Ropes connect the latches only tore apart the transverse fast- with the levers already mentioned, and’ hang down enings of the side frames, but it forced all the wheels off their axles; within reach of the hand. In opening the gate, one of these latch-ropes is pulled so… … spoken, was responsible open position shown by dotted lines in the engraving. for the disaster. The In closing the gate, the operation is repeated, a pull on indications are that the one of the ropes that hang down sufficing to bring the ordinary boiler pressure gate back toits initial position.…
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