Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 123
Fig. 2. For some reason or other one boiler was shut down, and the steam gauge removed forrepairs. When the boiler was again fired up, the engineer neglected to open the stop- … Fig. 3. valve, and, there being no outlet for the steam or connection with the safety-valve, a ter-rific explosion followed, portions of the boiler being thrown over 700 feet. Fig. 2
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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