Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 180
dinal and girth seams, as well as for joining theends of the shell to the cast steel tube sheets. Failure occurred by thetearing apart of one of the longitudinal seams, the break followingalong the seam for several feet before changing direction and going intothe solid plate, as shown in the… … of welding that they broke while under the slight pressure necessaryto straighten them before they could be put into the tensile testingmachine. Because it was strongly suspected that the welded seams in severalother vessels of the same age and make were in as poor condition asthose of the exploded…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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