Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 470
curred July 18, 1924, at the Greenville Ice & 1925- T li E LOCO MOT I V E. 195 Fuel Companys plant of the Carolina Public Service Corporation.The suction valve pocket on an ammonia compressor failed and allowedthe valve to drop into the compressor cylinder. The cylinder headwas knocked out and… … Fig. i. The wrecked wheel was part of a 75 ton ice machine and was 16ft. in diameter and weighed 18 tons. Pieces of it traveled over 300ft. wrecking, amongst other things, the 10 ft. flywheel on another icemachine, several 12 inch x 12 inch reinforced concrete supports forthe condenser tower, as…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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