Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 106
he upper endstwisted through a quarter turn and securedabove by pins to two angle irons that were riv-eted to the wagon-top of the fire-box. Two ofthese, and one similar brace near the front, ap-peared to have had no pins before the explosion.The plate first parted at the unbraced areamentioned… … F ig. 4.- Illustrating the Actionof Z-Braces. ■100 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July, rear half of the crown-sheet one part turned up, and the remaining portion turned downto the side of the fire-box. There was no indication of low water. The safety-valvewas so wyedged into the debris that we could not get at…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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