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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 89

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vets in this joint were sheared. At thehead seams the rivets appeared to have drawn through the plate, and. very likely, theyremained in the heads. The head^. with most of the tubes still secured to them, wen-thrown over the bank of the river into the water, and at the time of our informant-visit… … Fig. 2. — General View of the Ruins. being pitched 2| from center to center, and the rivet holes were if in diameter. Theplates were of steel, their thickness varying from 0.339 . to 0.350 . Taking the thick-ness of the plate at 0.339, and the tensile strength of the steel at 60,000 pounds…

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