Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 112
e illustrated an explosion that was so manifestly due to the accu-mulation of scale around the ends of the tubes, that we reproduce one ofthe engravings herewith. (See Fig. 3.) This boiler was situated in aTexas salt refining plant employing some 160 men, and one man was killedand three others were… … till— Fig. 3.—A Boiler that Exploded from Accumulated Scale. •104 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [October, ness in some places, pulled out of the head, and the reaction from the rushof water and steam out of the tube holes caused the entire boiler to beprojected to a horizontal distance of 173 feet. Condensed…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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