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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 120

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which the boiler is run willshow, beyond doubt, what the source of the trouble is; but it occasionally happens thatthe cause can only be conjectured with more or less probability, and is never establishedupon a satisfactory basis of certainty. An interesting case of this latter kind came to our… … \ % A Corroded Brace. before our readers. The boiler in question had been inspected not long before, and hadbeen found to be in good condition, with the shell, tubes, rivets, and braces quite sound,and reasonably clean. At oue inspection, however, it was discovered that a violent cor-rosive action…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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