Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 15
ne of fracture, C E, wasdiscovered to be an old crack well markedby old oxide for a considerable part of thelength, and nearly through the plate inseveral places, shown at F, Fig. 4, in crosssection. The opening had an area of morethan a dozen square feet, and of courseterrible havoc was made of… … 1880. J THE LOCOMOTIVE. 9 After the patching and the bolting the boiler was regularly tested, but no discoveryof the weakness was made till after the disaster. Had those in charge of this boilerfully understood the significance of a leak in such a place, D, they would hardly haverested satisfied…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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