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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 75

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n the boiler was thereby put in circulation.This caused an equalization of temperature all over the shell, and it will be seen that theboiler came down immediately, until it was within a fiftieth of an inch of the normalposition. With the quarry pump still running, and the circulation brisk, the… … ning, and it continued to run until 3:04. During all this time there had been no signof leakage from the girth-joint, except the slightest trace of vapor, which had beenoccasionally visible between 12:30 and 2:20, when the air in the boiler-room was still.At 3:04 the quarry pump was stopped, and…

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