. The Locomotive. Devoted to Power Plant Protection Published Quarterly Vol. XXXV HARTFORD, CONN., OCTOBER, 1925. No. 8. COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE Boiler Explosion at Wolfeboro, N. H. THERE IS VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR YOUR ENGINEER IN THIS MAGAZINE PLEASE LET HIM SEE IT. 226 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [October, Boiler Explosion at Wolfeboro, N. H. AN explosion of considerable violence shook the town of Wolfe-boro, New Hampshire, early in the morning of December 19,1924, when the boiler in the laundry of HaVry E> Libby laundry was completel
. The Locomotive. Devoted to Power Plant Protection Published Quarterly Vol. XXXV HARTFORD, CONN., OCTOBER, 1925. No. 8. COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE Boiler Explosion at Wolfeboro, N. H. THERE IS VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR YOUR ENGINEER IN THIS MAGAZINE PLEASE LET HIM SEE IT. 226 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [October, Boiler Explosion at Wolfeboro, N. H. AN explosion of considerable violence shook the town of Wolfe-boro, New Hampshire, early in the morning of December 19,1924, when the boiler in the laundry of HaVry E> Libby laundry was completely demolished including a 35 ft. brick stack,and general property damage in excess of $11,000 was sustained. Apicture of the scene of the accident is shown on our front cover. The boiler was of the locomotive wet bottom type with Y/\ inchshell plates, 18 ft. 6 inches long and 40 inches in diameter of was a two course boiler and the longitudinal seams were of thelap joint type and located on the bottom of the boiler. A Dutch ovenwas connected to the fire-box so that wood waste which comprised alarge part of the fuel could be economically burned. It had been the custom at this plant
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