Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 99
ure occurred by the tearing out of a welded head. 86 THE LOCOMOTIVE July, Explosion Blows Tubes Out of Boiler UNUSUAL, in some respects, was a recent accident at an Alabamaplaning mill where several tubes of a horizontal tubular boilerlost their grip in the front tube sheet and were blown… … The accident occurred in the morning before the mill machinerywas started up. There was little doubt that considerable over-pres-sure was present, even though the explosion ruptured neither the shellnor the tube sheets. When the front sheet bulged, after pulling awayfrom three through stays and…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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