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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 137

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facturing Co. The longitudinal joints were of the lap-riveted type, the rivet holes being13/16 in. in diameter, and pitched 3 in. from center to center. The heads wereof steel, 7/16 in. in thickness, and there were 40 lap-welded tubes, each 4 in. indiameter and 16 feet long. All the tubes were… … Fig. 2.— Gexeral View of Ruixs. shell, and the other in the front head, below the tubes. Tlie manhole frame-at the upper opening was of cast-iron, with the dimensions and sectional formindicated in Fig. 5.. The blowoff pipe was 2 in. in diameter, and was connectedat the bottom of the shell, near…

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