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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 100

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Figure 2—(Left) the result of a cunnccting rod crack. Figure j—(Right) the result of a failure in the threads on the piston rod just{)iside the crosshead. 1938 THE LOCOMOTIVE 89 … Figure 4—An accident attributed to the failure of follower bolts. Recently, the connecting rod on one side of a large twin-tandem-compound steam engine broke and caused this side of the engine to bealmost completely wrecked. The failure resulted from a progressivecrack in the eye of the rod at the…

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