Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 357
8o THE LOCOMOTIVE July, Broken Blade Wrecks Turbo-Generator SUDDEN breaking of blades, probably caused by a slug of watercoming through with the steam, led to the destruction of a 4,000kw. turbo-generator at the plant of Indianapolis Power and LightCompany at Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 28th of… … Figure i tripping the emergency mechanism and closing the throttle valve. Thebreak-up occurred about twenty seconds later. Fortunately, no onewas hurt. What is thought to have happened is that the broken blades Ijecamejammed between the revolving rotor and the stator, thus bringing themachine to a…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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