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e to rest 115 ft from where it started.Another piece of the wheel weighing approximately 1900 lb tore ahole 4 wide and 11 long in the 6 reinforced concrete slab formingthe floor of the second story. Still another piece of metal followedthe second and went through the roof and finally came down… … That whirled the wheelThat burst its rim ... The wheel which exploded was 14 in diameter, of the belt type,and had a 31 rim. Other Flywheel Accidents How an exploding flywheel can damage property a long distancefrom the original installation was illustrated in an accident in a fuelyard at Hamilton,…
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