Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 128
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 seam, Owners told 50 colds… … a This is the take-up sure enough, Of boilers built of doubtful stuff, And fractured plates and drifted holes, And sledge blows used in place of rolls, And deadly grooves with chisels keen. The result of such is often seen, That in such a take-up means a general wake-up, And the homes of many,…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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