Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 384
ously than the others, wereprotected somewhat by a tool house against which the other boilerof the battery was hurled. The tool house was demolished The exploded boiler was of the locomotive two-course upe withsafety valve set to relieve at 150 pounds. It was blown into fourparts, the smoke box… … Parting from the wrapper sheet, the hrst course was ripped throughits entire length parallel to and on the opposite side from the buttstrap seam. This sheet crushed the side of another tank 300 feet away. Overpressure seems to have caused the explosion, though failureto find the safety valve after…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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