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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 157

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Fig. 10.— One of the Crushed Tubes. so as to leave a clear circle around it perhaps two feet in diameter. The tubes in theneighborhood of the shattered one were all crushed in on the side towards the center oftlie explosion. One of these tubes is shown in two views, in Figs. 10 and 11. Theviolence… … Fig. 11.— Reverse View of the Same Ture. turned nearly inside out over a portion of their length, the back side of the tube beingcollapsed and driven through the front side as suggested in Fig. 12. This effect can beseen quite clearly in Fig. 11. The facts pointing to the use of dynamite in this…

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