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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 202

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on in an Electric Lighting Plant. On June 15, 1909, a 400-horse-power boiler exploded in the Denver Gas &Electric Companys power plant, Sixth and Curtis streets, Denver, Colo., withvery serious results to the employees of the plant, and to the plant itself. The exploded boiler was of the… … Fig. 1.— General View of the Plant. (The cross shows where the boiler originally stood, and the arrow-head shows where it came down.) The explosion resulted in the immediate death of three men and a boy,and in serious injuries to four other men, of whom, according to report,two could not recover.…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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