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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 110

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ts. Meanwhile turbines and engines are stopped orrun at reduced load because of insufficient standby, and processes re-quiring steam may be suspended. Sometimes valuable material in processis spoiled because sufficient steam is not available after a boiler tubefailure. Water tube boilers until very… … Figure i—Deposits of scale at the bends in these tubes permitted generalover-heating of an entire row. Finally one of the tubes burst (secondfrom the left in the picture), but the warning came too late. pressures and temperatures, in comparison with the ratings, pressuresand temperatures (both…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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