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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 348

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e action unless it is kept clean and dry. The tops of boilers,shells, drums and circulating tubes that are completely covered withbrickwork, cement or other material may be seriously impaired by cor-rosion from moisture from various sources. The circulating tubes andsheets on box-header type… … Figure 2—Weakened by corrosion, the blind head in the mud drum ofthis zvater tube boiler in a utility plant tore loose and caused the deathof four people, injuries to six others and $100,000 property loss. tubular and locomotive type boilers, wet ashes around the edges of andunder the grates in…

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