Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 471
e results of still a third accident, the cause of which is alsosaid to have been the failure of the governor belt, are shown in Fig. 2. 196 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July, This was a 12 ft. flywheel and normally operated at 58 r.p.m. Theimmediate cause of the engine over-speeding is not apparent, but… … Fig. 2. edge rubbed hard against the engine frame as shown by the worncondition of the edge. This explosion bears another resemblance to the one described im-mediately above. A large fragment of the wheel struck a 20 inchgirder, twisting it out of shape, and then fell back on a 66 inch fly-wheel on…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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