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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 23

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inches indiameter and 11 ft. long. The shells are of steel, 0.938 of an inch thick, and of 60,000pounds tensile strength; and the pressure allowed by the government insjDector is 168pounds per square inch. Each of the four boilers has two corrugated steel furnaces, 40 in. in diameter and8 ft. 6 in.… … ANGLE VALVES Fig. 3.—Cross-Section of the City of Evekett, Suowing the Blow-off Pipes. The blow-off pipes from the four boilers are connected into cross, or thwart-shipblow-pipes, which pass over the tops of the boilers as shown in Fig. 3, and are providedwith valves on the port and starboard sides…

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