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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 111

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A Recent Steam Pipe Explosion. THERE IS VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR YOUR ENGINEER IN THIS MAGAZINE. PLEASE LET HIM SEE IT. 98 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [October, A Recent Steam Pipe Explosion. THE explosion of an 8 inch steam pipe might not ordinarily bethought of as a very devastating type of accident but the… … FlG. I. 860. That no one was killed or seriously injured seems miraculous. The initial rupture is thought to have been in an elbow on an 8inch steam line connecting a vertical water tube boiler with a 14 inchsteam header. The first break was followed, of course, by the generaldisruption of the…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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