Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 479
i diameter opening could relieve it, for theboiler exploded, demolished partitions and stairways in the basement,and damaged walls and furniture on the floors above. Figure i is aview of the basement shortly after the accident. … Iigurc 2 Figure 2 shows the wreckage of a cast iron steam heating boilerwhich exploded in the basement of a store in St. Louis, Mo. In thiscase it was fairly evident from the broken gear segment in the steamgauge mechanism that enough pressure had built up to force the gaugehand solidly against the…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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