The Old Colony railroad: its connections, popular resorts, and fashionable watering-places (1875)
Smith, Matthew Hale, 1810-1879 · Boston, Press of Rand, Avery, and company · leaf 33
0 horses. Steam is furnished to this giant engine by three low-pressure boilers, each of which are 35 feet long, and 149 inches diameter of shell. They are made of the very best boiler plate-iron, ^ inches thick ; each has 10 main flues, and 136 return flues 5 inches in diameter ; each one tested… … THE OJ.D COLONY STEAMBOAT CO.’s STEAMER “BRISTOL.” in sundry places, are fire-extinguishers ; 3 large fire-pumps are ready at all times, with hose attached, and having 15 connections ; fire-buckets are distributed in convenient places ; large water-tanks are always filled and ready for use ; and…
Old Colony Railroad Company · Fall River Line · Massachusetts -- Description and travel
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