Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules (1908)
National correspondence school of railroading, Chicago. [from old catalog] · [Chicago] · leaf 40
space between the inside and outsideof the fire-box is known as the leg of the boiler (n, Fig.9). The most important features insuring the safetyof the boiler are frequent inspections, replacing thebroken stay-bolts (Fig. 10), and washing out the boiler.The length of time that a boiler should be… … The boiler check is usually placed near the frontend of the boiler to introduce the water at as great adistance as possible from the fire-box. The advantagethus gained is that it permits the water to becomeheated before coming in contact with the fire-box, andalso tends to bring about a better…
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