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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 185

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cessity ofheating these buildings to prevent the freezing of radiators and cylinder jacketson the cars stored in them, we feel that we may be doing our readers aservice by calling their attention to the faults of this particular arrangement.A better way would have been to lead the flow pipe from… … Fig. 2. through the tank, so that the surface of the tank as well as that of the connect-ing pipes would have been useful as additional radiating surface, and wouldhave in no way detracted from the serviceableness of the installation, whileat the same time it would have been practically impossible…

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