Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 106
illustrate, this month, a boiler explosion that was apparently due to the accumu-lation of scale around the ends of the tubes. - The boiler under consideration wassituated in a Texas salt-refining plant employing some 160 men. When the boiler wasexamined after the explosion it was found that both… … Fig. 1.— Front End of the Exploded Boiler. 56 tube holes caused the entire boiler to be projected forwards in a westerly direction,to a distance of 173 feet. The shell of the boiler was found to be intact, save for a fewdents. All of the tubes remained in the boiler with one exception, though most…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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