Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 220
itted witheither reducing valves, or safety valves, but the pressure was controlled bythrottling the steam supply, so that it was possible for full boiler pressure to becommunicated to the kiers. The explosion consisted of the blowing off of thecover, failure taking place at the holding down bolts.… … Fig. i. Old Tank in the midst of the Molasses Lake. New Wine and Old Bottles. Our illustration shows an old iron oil tank, some 66J/2 ft. in diameter by25J-2 ft. high. Constructed of iron plates, which were of necessity small insize, the tank was built in six courses, the two lower ones are said to…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
Internet Archive · Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
