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d pounds. When starting up and to alesser degree during the operationof the machine, the cylinder is subject to severe temperature changes. Asa result of the stresses caused by changes in temperature, it is conceivablethat, in the absence of a supporting top head, a crack had developed atsome point… … Cotton compress after explosionof its steam cylinder. 14 THE LOCOMOTIVE January, Accidents to Power Boilers FIVE men were injured on July 29, 1935, when a locomotive firebox type boiler at an Illinois saw mill exploded, supposedly be-cause the safety valve was corroded in its seat. When the…
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