Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 286
switch hadbeen opened nor had the field control functioned because this equipmenlhad been damaged by tin- arcing and ensuing Tire at die control box onthe oil switch. While the switchboard operator was attempting to clear the hoard, the turbine door operator tripped the throttle on the… … Collector ring end of the idle alternator after its electrical burnout. had ceased to feed the arc when the circuit breaker was tripped. The arc generated such terrific heat that it burned holes through theconcrete barriers of the bus structure and also melted away a large partof the oil tanks. By…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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