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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 79

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e opening after the explosion, but they had been broken off and carriedaway by curiosity seekers before the photograph was taken. The immediate cause ofthis explosion is not as clearly defined as has been the case in most of the accidents thathave been illustrated in The Locomotive, which is… … Fig. 2. By reference to fig. 2, which is a horizontal section through a part of the water-spaceand the shell and furnace-plates, it will be seen that the vertical seam which joins thefurnace-plates together is at a point where there should be a stay-bolt in each row, butthey were omitted, leaving…

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