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enough to be con-sidered serious exceptthat it was evidence ofthe distortion of the wheel. Later, while down on his knees examin-ing the shaft, the inspector found a crack in the shaft about twoinches from the hub. It was barely visible at first, but after cleaningthe metal in the vicinity, he was… … Showing How an Old Crack Had Penetrated Approximately 70% of the Cross-Section OF an Engine Shaft. 50 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [April, At a later date the inspector returned to the plant to examine theshaft after its removal, and found it in a much more accessible posi-tion, on blocks in the mill yard. This…
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