Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe), 1842-1921 · New York and Chicago, The World railway publishing company · leaf 345
aner is in two parts, all inside the boiler,except the air valve and the blow off pipe and cocks.One partis in the forward end of the boiler and reachesfrom side to side, using the front head as a back towhich if is riveted. If extends under the dry pipe*, * See part numbered 191, plate The… … for the skimmer, see Fig. 2. It makes a perfect sur-face skimmer the full width of the boiler, and, at thesame time, forms a basin holding from twenty to LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. 337 thirty gallons. This makes a large storage capacityin which to collect and settle all the impurities that theskimmer…
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