Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 424
equiringmore practical knowledge andskill, and usually receivinghigher wages. The duty of plugman wasto watch the engine and tosee that it was kept well inwork, and that the pumps wereefficient in drawing the water. °LD s™SON AS A FlREMAIf-When the water level in the pit was lowered, and thesuction… … 388 Men Who Have Risen If a stoppage in the engine took place through anydefect in it which he was incapable of remedying, thenit was his duty to call in the aid of the chief engineerof the colliery to set the engine to rights. But from the time when George Stephenson was ap-pointed fireman, and…
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