Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 41
would extend upward,allowing that portion of the shell forward of thebreak to swing upward and backward, giving itthe direction taken. The strain brought aboutby the steam pipe, Avhich was connected to^thetop of the dome, and the reaction of the waterand steam issuing from the dome and… … 1887.] THE LOCOMOTIVE. 35 water contained in the remaining, and greater part of the shell would send it exactlyas a sky-rocket is propelled, in the direction it took. The boiler set east and west,facing the east, and it was blown in a westerly direction. Our correspondent writes us that there were…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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