Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 524
ry heavy. i93; THE LOCOMOTIVE 247 A steel mill recently was the scene of a serious accident becauseof a break at B at the crosshead end of the connecting rod of alarge twin-tandem-compound steam engine. The left side of the en-gine was almost completely wrecked, as is indicated by Figures 1 and… … Figure 2 (above)—Solid-end type of connecting rod. Figure 3(below)—Open-end type of connecting rod for center crank en-gines. diameter, and the over-all length of the engine about 35. Besides thedestruction of the rod and low pressure cylinder, the accident involvedthe pushing of the high pressure…
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