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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 55

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rear course the metal showed evidence of overheating for a dis- 42 THE LOCOMOTIVE April, tance of from 4 to 8 on each side of the line of failure. The violenceof the separation was sufficient to shear the 7/8 rivets in the girthseam. Rivets in the rear head seam sheared around three-quarters ofthe… … Wreckage at Hertford, North Carolina. A one-story boiler room formerlystood at the right just beyond the tracks at about the spot where the steelsmokestack is lying. Near the left center of the mill building is No. 1 boilerbeneath which is the engine. On the roof of the mill building at the…

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