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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 57

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scape of steam by the usual outlet was in some manner prevented. Dur-ing the night the boiler exploded. Our illustrations show two vieAvs of the shell, and aview of the front head. Fig. 1 shows the front head, Fig. 2 a view of the front end ofthe shell, and Fig. 3 a view of the back end of shell.… … Fig. 2. a longitudinal direction being sufficient to start a circumferential fracture in the shellnear the front head, when the whole boiler went to pieces, as shown in the cuts, demol-ishing the boiler-house, and destroying property of the value of several thousanddollars. An examination of the…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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