Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 331
lbs. per square inchapplied. Repairs were completed about 5 145 p. m. March 17th, and the locomo-tive fired up but no steam was raised. It was again fired up at about 6:10 a. m.,on March i8th, and the safety valves began to blow when the steam gaugeregistered 50 lbs. pressure, at about 7:30 a. m.… … Fig. I. Showing Broken Sling Stays. An employee of the railroad company, was engaged in setting the safetyvalves at the time of the explosion. The valves themselves could not be testedafter the explosion owing to the damaged condition of the disks and springs,but the casings, with the adjusting…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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