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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 57

An illustration from The Locomotive, 1867, leaf 57
ge unless the straps areremoved to make certain that no cracks or defects exist. Where cover plates on digesters are secured by bolts, as they usuallyare, a danger exists in the method by which these bolts are tightened bythe operator. It is the tendency for the operator to tighten a bolt atsome… … CookingCompartment 930 THE LOCO M <)T I V K 45 cover plate and the gasket, when the bolts on the opposite side aretightened. The proper procedure is to bring all nuts snug without mak-ing them tight and then go from one nut across the diameter of thehead to the opposite nut and then work on the…

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