Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 421
thought to have led to the breaking of one stay after another untilthe chest gradually became so weakened that it gave way. 142 THE LOCOMOTIVE January, As other chests in the machine contained stays of the same bentshape, each was subjected not only to a visual inspection but also to ahydrostatic… … Figure 2 by the greatest of good fortune that there were no personal injuries ordeaths, for had the accident occurred a few minutes earlier many wouldhave been at work within range of the flying wreckage. At a laundry in Detroit, the mangle shown in figure 2 was beingwarmed up after a shut down for…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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