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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 161

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practically as soon as it wasfired up again? In cases of this sort we generally hear a great deal said aboutlow water, and the carelessness of the engineer. In the present instance therewas but little talk of this nature. There is no evidence that the engineer wasnegligent in any respect, and there… … Fig. 7.— Engineer David W. Rockwells House viewed from theFactory Side. requires that every boiler shall be provided with a fusible plug, filled with tin orsome other substance melting at a low temperature; this plug being so situatedthat it will be covered with water ( and therefore prevented from…

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