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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 367

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ed — in which at first glance the need ofsuch a valve is not apparent. 90 THE LOCOMOTIVE July, At the Y. W. C. A. in York, Pa., a hot water supply boiler wasused to heat water for the swimming pool. Feed and discharge con-nections led directly to the pool, the boiler taking cold water from… … Figure 2 considerable violence, as may be seen from the accompanying illustra-tion. It appears that in order to drain and clean the pool, attendantsclosed stop valves in the upper and lower boiler connections. Afterrefilling the pool the boiler was again fired up and the explosionoccurred.…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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