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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 27

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s drip must be connected to all the boilers and befurnished with valves so that the water may always be returned when but one boiler isrunning, and that one, any boiler of the battery. This arrangement works all right, but it is of the nature of a makeshift, and thework should be done in such a… … Fig. 2. more than those of the ordinary pattern, and the expense of the drip connection wouldbe saved. Fig. 1 shows an ordinary screwed tee with the exception that the branch whichreceives the steam pipe from boiler is dropped, so that the bottoms of the pipes formingthe drum and that leading from…

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