Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 519
investigations have been made, the part that carelessness, 242 THE LOCOMOTIVE October, neglect and ignorance play is evident. It might be said that all pressurevessel accidents occur from an excess of pressure, because a pressureof even a few pounds is too high if the boiler plate is corroded to… … Figure 2. Aftermath of corrosion around the crown bolts of a loco-motive type boiler. 40 acres. The cause he traced to an old lap seam crack. Two mills weredestroyed either by the explosion itself or subsequent fire, and a townis likely to lose a leading industry as a result. The boiler was not…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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