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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 253

An illustration from The Locomotive, 1867, leaf 253
rticaltubular boiler at an ice cream plant on August 2. 242 THE LOCOMOTIVE October, Wreckage Following Flywheel Explosion A FLYWHEEL cxplosioii at ail eastern manufacturing plant causedthe havoc presented in the accompanying photograph.. Parts of the wheel went through the roof of the engine… … they fell to the floor. An operator who was near the engine was killed.The steam engine was wrecked, and several other machines were dam-aged because of the over-speed. To reassemble the control devices fol-lowing an accident of this sort in a search for the cause of the accidentis not easy. In…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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