Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 147
round practically the entire cir-cumference of the dome and that at some places less than an eighth 134 THE LOCOMOTIVE January, inch of sound metal was left. There is not the slightest doubt but thatthis defect would have resulted in an explosion had the boiler been con-tinued in operation. At… … Figure i the upper drums of one of the boilers. This indicated that the drumshad sagged down and led him to suspect that the supporting I beambetween the boilers had either been warped by exposure to furnaceheat or had deteriorated otherwise, a condition that could be expectedto place an excessive…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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