. American engineer and railroad journal . |Jj4J-Ull-|jfl!^^li 1 LLUJ JJ illLtV Central Water Leg for Wootten Fireboxes-Central Railroad of New Jersey, nections to the fire box, the water being supplied from thefront and rear, as shown In the illustration, it being expectedthat the rear connection will accelerate the movement of thewater passing the side sheets, thereby preventing overheating,while the general movement of the water-toward the pipesbelow the mud ring will tend to carry to that point the in-crusting matter being precipitated and
. American engineer and railroad journal . |Jj4J-Ull-|jfl!^^li 1 LLUJ JJ illLtV Central Water Leg for Wootten Fireboxes-Central Railroad of New Jersey, nections to the fire box, the water being supplied from thefront and rear, as shown In the illustration, it being expectedthat the rear connection will accelerate the movement of thewater passing the side sheets, thereby preventing overheating,while the general movement of the water-toward the pipesbelow the mud ring will tend to carry to that point the in-crusting matter being precipitated and from which point itcan be blown out. No claim can be laid to novelty in applying this center waterleg, as it has been generally used in marine service, and Ithink it was Milholland who brought out a design for alocomotive many years ago quite similar to the one now pro-posed, except that it was extended to the door and flue sheetsand through the combustion chamber, where the seams would b^apt to cause trouble by leaking, and another disad
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