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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 138

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a boiler. It is, moreover, entirely inexcusable. 1884.1 THE LOCOMOTIVE. 131 Fig. 5 is the best brace of the three styles shown, if made without a weld, as italways should be. It is much better adapted for use on flat surfaces which are exposed tothe action of furnace heat, such as furnace crowns,… … boiler. We have found many braces of this style broken short oflF, with nothing to indi-cate how it was done, leaving it to be reasonably inferred that the breakage was due tooriginal faulty construction.

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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