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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 459

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constructed originallyas a hot water heater for 60 lb pressure but subsequently it was acquiredby a second hand dealer who installed a gage glass and then sold it tothe cleaning company as a steam boiler. About a year previous to theaccident, the boiler had been offered for insurance and declined.… … Figure 4—tan of the damage to a laundry building caused by anexplosion of a small vertical flueless boiler. the roof of the laundry building, sailed over an alley and an adjacenttwo-story building, and landed in a yard a half block away. Part of thewreckage is shown in Figure 4. Although the boiler…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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