Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 63
Fig. 2.—Ring of plate* broken off by the force of the escaping water and steam. There were indications observed by the inspector who reported this accident thatgrease from the engine had found its way through the open feed-water heater (so-called)that was used in connection with it, into the… … Fig. 3.—The rear end and tubes. Since the disaster time enough has elapsed in which to carefully compare the phe-nomena with a number of apparently similar cases where well-defined weakness of alongitudinal seam was the defect from which the explosion originated, and the conclu-sion is naturally…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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