The Locomotive . Devoted to Power Plant Protection Published Qliarterly Vol. XXXVI HARTFORD, CONN, JULY, 192; No. 7. COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE ExGiNE Accident at Williamsport, Pa. THERE IS VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR YOUR ENGINEER IN THIS MAGAZINE. PLEASE LET HIM SEE IT. 194 THE LOCOMOTIVE [July. Engine Accident at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. THE accompan}ing pictures show the manner in which a largeCorHss type engine was wrecked on February 7, 1927. at the plantof Sweets Steel Company. Williamsport, Pa. The engine waspractically a total loss, the
The Locomotive . Devoted to Power Plant Protection Published Qliarterly Vol. XXXVI HARTFORD, CONN, JULY, 192; No. 7. COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE ExGiNE Accident at Williamsport, Pa. THERE IS VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR YOUR ENGINEER IN THIS MAGAZINE. PLEASE LET HIM SEE IT. 194 THE LOCOMOTIVE [July. Engine Accident at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. THE accompan}ing pictures show the manner in which a largeCorHss type engine was wrecked on February 7, 1927. at the plantof Sweets Steel Company. Williamsport, Pa. The engine waspractically a total loss, the direct property loss amounting to $io,oco. The failure occurred while the engine was operating at its normalspeed of 100 r. p. m., and there were no advance indications of itsimminence. Both cylinder heads were knocked out; the one from thehead end traveled adistance of 65 feet andlanded on the mill parts of the pistonwere broken, and thepiston rod bent, twovalve port bridgesbroken, the crossheadand shoes broken andbent, connecting rodbent, eccentric disksand governor belt pul-ley on shaft damaged,and the bed platebroken beyond engine was housedin a structure buil
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