Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 169
er the boiler has been opened and cleaned out, owing to the accumu-lation of loose deposit upon the sheets. When the blow-off is properly located, it willdrain the boiler quite dry, so that this deposit can be thoroughly washed out; but whenthere is considerable water left standing in the bottom of… … Fig. 3. — Blow-off Entering the Back Head. properly, because the boiler will fill up again to the same point as soon as the attendantturns the hose into it, and it is practically impossible to wash the loose scale and sedi-ment from one handhole to the other, with three or four inches of water…
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