Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 204
; and, finally, each tube-sheetwas stayed to the side of its drum by two gusset stays, made of quarter-inch plate.The outer heads of the drums were of steel, *%6 in. thick, bumped to a radiusequal to the diameter of the drum, and secured to the drum by a single rowof rivets, the joint consisting of… … Fig. 3.— Showing some of the Wreckage in Detail. were set to blow at 150 lbs. per square inch, and the ordinary working pres-sure was about 135 lbs. per square inch. A recording gage that was attachedto the steam main showed that the pressure in the main was 115 lbs. at the timeof the explosion.…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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