Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 173
ner lap, along one of thelongitudinal joints of the barrel of the boiler, although the plates were of thebest quality, and the boilers were built by first-class makers. Engineers werefamiliar, he said, with the ordinary groove, from which a number of locomotiveboilers had exploded; but in this case… … / WW WW W Fig. 8. — Double-Strap Butt Joint. taking the plates out, and bending back the overlap, they were found to becracked almost through to the skin in some places, although the crack was sofine that it might easily have escaped detection. He recommended that thelongitudinal joints in…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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