Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 362
h the roof lifted up and then caved in—indicating thatan explosion had been the real cause of the damage rather than collapseof the roof. The disastrous consequences of an explosion of mixtures of am-monia gas and air were demonstrated by an accident last September toa large refrigerating system… … Figure 2—Some of the broken ammonia cooling coils and a section ofthe collapsed roof following an accident to a refrigerating system inan ice storage building. compressors, thereby allowing hot ammonia gas to escape and fill thecompressor room. About 20 minutes later there was an explosion,…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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