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the receiver. This in itself would not have caused the accident, ifthe vent pipe from the receiver had not been obstructed. An air tank explosion in a North Carolina automobile repair shopcaused the death of a workman and -resulted in extensive propertydamage to a building and an automobile. The… … Figure 5—Left—Hot water tank after its explosion. Right—Hole inbrick zvall made by the exploding tank. through a wall. In this case also the cause was not apparent, but worndoor bolt threads or carelessness in tightening the bolts, or both, mayhave permitted the failure at a comparatively low…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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