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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 346

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evelopment, the economies it promised might have tempted its im-mediate general use on vessels for which it was at that time quiteunsuited. In all likelihood there would have been a still larger numberof serious accidents, which would have caused a great set-back to theuse of welding. Although at… … Figure i—A building wrecked when the welded head scam of an ammoniagenerator failed injuring a man and causing $15,000 property damage. Anillustration of the kind of accident that for years postponed acceptance of weld-in;! as reliable for pressure vessel construction. more intensive study of the…

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