Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 28
ecked, and a number ofstreet cars were demolished. It is a remarkable fact that all the rear water-legswent north, while the drums and front water-legs went south. It is also remark-able that no drum was ruptured through the longitudinal joints. In Fig. 2 wehave indicated the distribution of most… … Fig. 3.— Showing the Bursted Tube. (See the White Cross.) few having pulled through the sheets. The rear heads remained with the rearlegs, the lines of rupture being through the inside girth leg joint, across the shorthorizontal leg joint, through the solid sheet, and then either following the…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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