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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 193

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is appro.ximately 820 miles per hour—So miles fasterthan tlie speed of sound.—W. E. Blowncy. General Electric turbine engineer. l82 THE LOCOMOTIVE April, Hot Water Tank Explosion THE explosion in January of a hot water storage tank mounted ina basement room of a Michigan garage resuhed in a… … Figure i—Damage to the exterior of a large garage because of a hotzvater tank explosion. a distance of 30 feet each way from the corner of the building, asshown in Figure i. The boiler which supplied water to the tank was blown from its baseand a steel heating boiler damaged. The brick chimney,…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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