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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 121

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ers being of no particular use. Even if the guard were nicely fittedin one position, the chances are that the first time the fireman took it off he would turnit bottom side up, and then all the careful fitting would become useless. With steelheads, half an inch thick or thereabouts, and with… … Fig Illustrating the Four-Legged Form. four-legged guards are used, seems to indicate that in all ordinary cases the two-leggedform is quite as good as the quadruped variety. In Fig. 3 we show a ring-guard, a form which is now used much less than for-inerly. This style of guard is particularly…

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