Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 419
ipping. They had just finished taking the card when the 140 THE LOCOMOTIVE January, accident occurred. As is apparent in Figure I, the pin broke off belowthe surface of the disc where the crack could not have been seen evenwith the crank removed. The darker part of the fracture shows the ex-tent to… … Figure 2 wrecked in October at a mill in Gloversville, New York, as the result ofthe breaking of the connecting rod strap. Cast adrift by the failure ofthe strap, the heavy reciprocating parts rammed the piston against thecylinder head, knocking off the end of the cylinder. The shock of theimpact…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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