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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 75

An illustration from The Locomotive, 1867, leaf 75
Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Fig. 3 shows another boiler of the upright pattern, which exploded a short time since.The feed-pump was out of order and the gauge-cocks stopped up and seldom used. Theforce of the explosion was sufficient to throw the boiler 300 feet high and 1,000 feetaway from its original…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

Internet Archive · Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

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