Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 128
These are the drift-pins tapered so fine, Driven into blind holes to force them in line, And driven hard in with murderous clip, Starting cracks from the holes, causing deadly seam rip, In the plates of the boiler that Jack built. This is the chisel so easy to prove, That is foremost in starting… … This is the boiler looking so slick,For both inside and out the paint laid on thick,And all ready to test for the owner to see,And as the pump starts, so the boiler leaks free,Owner is dodging the streams squirting round,Gauge kicking hard to pass fifty pounds. Pumping is stopped as crack goes a…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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