Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 136
illustrated in this number of the Locomotive occurred some yearsago in one of the southern cities. A short account of the accident appeared in theLocoMOTiTE at the time, and we reproduce it here with an additional illustration, whichshows more clearly the cause of the disaster, believing it will… … Fi(i. 1. The exploded boiler was one of a battery of two horizontal boilers, 48 inches indiameter by 31 feet long. Each boiler had two flues 16 inches in diameter by 27 feetlong. The thickness of the shell plates was ^ of an inch. They were provided withdomes 20 inches in diameter, to the top of…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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