Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 182
gauge-cocks, etc., and at its comple-tion was examined and sub-jected to a hydraulic pressureof 150 lbs. per square inch,and considered safe at a steampressure not exceeding 100 lbs.per square inch.* The above description is quoted from the report of Inspector Fairbairn of theEastern Department. Of… … Fig. 1.—Wreck of the Boiler House. 176 THE LOCOMOTIVE, [November, and building. They are copies of photographs taken soon after the explosion. Thecuts that follow are intended to illustrate the theory of the explosion. Cut No. 4 is a longitudinal section of the boiler as originally made, omitting…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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