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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 42

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, however, and theblow-off needs its full share of attention, in design, construction, and generalcare. We have discussed many phases of the blow-off question in previous issuesof The Locomotive, but there is more to be said, and in the present article wedesire-to call attention to the subject of… … Fig. I. — Wrong Use of the Re-Enforcing Piece. the hole for the entrance of the pipe should be cut in such a way that it can beproperly threaded, both in the re-enforcing piece and in the shell. The importanceof the italicized words is often overlooked by boiler constructors, and we fre-quently fmd…

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