Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 56
eter, and live years old, and had seven tubes in the lowest row. Of these seventubes all but the right-hand one had developed leaks just inside the front head, andhad been thirabled. It had been recommended that the six leaky tubes be removedand replaced by new ones; but before this was done the… … Fig. 1.— A Fragment of the Tube-End. the tube pulled off, and the tube was drawn back through the head, and deflected towardsthe right, so that two-thirds of the diameter of the tube-hole was uncovered. The con-tents of the boiler blew out through this opening, filling the boiler-room with steamand…
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