Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 206
examined the boiler on our behalf,that the sheet had bent down between the bolts spreading the hob- on theupper side, leaving only one or two threads on the lower side of the sheet (to-gether with the riveted head) to hold lie fore it let go. It would appear that thesheet let go at the rear end.… … Fig. 3.—-General View of the Destroyed Power Plant. minutes before the explosion. Two months before the exploded boiler hadwithstood a steam pressure of 175 pounds, and a hydrostatic pressure of 263pounds. The coroner who held the inquest was unusually fortunate in the selectionof the jury, which…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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