Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 75
the dome is of considerable size compared with the shell, say30 in diameter on a 48 cylinder, one or two stay bolts may be put across it as shown inFig. 3. This construction is not recommended for new boilers, but it is often serviceablewhere the dome of a boiler already in use gives trouble by… … Fig. 4. — Arrangement of Tee-iron for Stiffening the Shell. These bars should be made as long as possible, — that is, they should extend around theboiler shell until they almost touch the sides of the dome. This stiffens the shell admir-ably, and while we consider the manhole frame better for a…
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