Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 504
the cause was not stated in the news account, the informationgiven indicated that undoubtedly the explosion resulted from excessivepressure. Last February a horizontal cast iron sectional boiler connected toa closed-type hot water heating system exploded in a Michigan machineshop. Figure 3 shows… … Figure j—A check valve betivccn a Jiot water heating boiler and itsrelief valve zvas reported as the cause of the explosion which zvreckedthis building. $6,000. In the feedwater line to the boiler was a reducing valve set at30 lb and a diaphragm-type relief valve set at 35 lb with a check…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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