Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 447
and was operatedat 40 lbs. pressure. It was 79 inches in diameter by 25 ft. long, andwas made of 5/iq inch plate in eight courses, three sheets to a course.The heads were of %6 inch plate curved to a 79 inch radius and con-cave to pressure, or plus heads. Details of construction indicate that,with… … Fig. 1. 19^5] THE LOCOMOTIVE 173 were good for considerably more than this, but it must be rememberedthat they were subjected to a combination of stresses as a result ofthe way in which theboiler was suspended. The initial failure wasin one of the heads and anexamination of the tornplate reveals…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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