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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 248

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ates the destructive possibilities of a boiler explosion, we present in thisnumber a more complete account of the disaster. The Weatherly mill consisted of a rectangular group of one-story brickbuildings, containing the silk spinning machinery. At the rear of this grcup,and attached to it, were the… … Fig. I.— General View of Wreckage. 242 THE LOCOMOTIVE [October, main mill. The battery was pocketed , as it were, by the mill at its rear,by the engine house on one side, and by a second boiler house on the other.At its front a large amount of coal was stored, with a trestled track for…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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