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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 184

An illustration from The Locomotive, 1867, leaf 184
Fig. 1. —A Pitted Tube. … Fig. 2. — Tube Corroded by Contaminated Water. Fig. 1 represents a portion of a tube that was taken out after three weeks use.The boiler from which it was taken had some scale on both tubes and shell, but notenough to give trouble. The feed water was taken from the city service, and was sup-posed…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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

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