Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 516
the IIJJI). THE LOCOMOTIVE 239 butt straps disclosed rivet-hole to rivet-hole cracks in both the strapsand the plate. Similar conditions were found in two other boilers. Satisfied that they were dealing with embrittlement, the investi-gators turned their attention to the feed water and found that… … Figure 2 inhibit caustic action on the steel the sulphate content should exceedthat of carbonate. However, the slight over-balance in favor of thecarbonate might not have caused such rapid deterioration had it notbeen that the particular system of feed water softening in usq atthis plant increased…
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