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n, especially duringperiods when the boilers were idle. In other cases supports, such asthose in the center and front, have been overheated by the gases ofcombustion which caused gradual wasting away of the metal. A goodillustration of this type of damage is shown in Figure i. When struc-tural… … Figure i—Boiler supporting columns, encased in intermediate brick-walls of a battery of boilers, almost entirely zvasted away by oxida-tion from the high temperatures in the combustion chambers. 72 THE LOCOMOIIVE J;^ pipe fittings and valves, or leakage in seams, tube ends or other partshave…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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