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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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r a number of years under what appeared to beidentically the same conditions, it was natural to look for the cause of the corrosiveaction outside of the boiler-room; and our attention was directed first of all to thefeed water. The reservoir from which the supply was drawn was carefully… … A CouitODED Rivet. that the search might be thorough. It consisted in a small pond, about a mile from thefactory. There was no visible source of contamination which might account for thecorrosion. There were two houses and a barn on the watershed and near the stream;but everything about both of…

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