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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 205

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to a smoke-box and onestack. The boiler that exploded was on the port side of the boat, and a subsequentinspection showed that the starboard boiler was not seriously disturbed, andthat it was, in fact, comparatively uninjured. The port boiler was blown fromthe boat, apparently going up furnace-end… … Fig. 2. — The Exploded Boiler of the City of Trenton. by the coroners jury, by the officials of the United States Government, and bythose of the city of Philadelphia, in the investigations that followed. The en-gravings show the boiler as it appeared on the pier. The explosion consisted in the…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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