. The Locomotive . mpanying sketch. Theengine exhausted into a line. which led, in the one direc- ^_^^^rJ| tion, to the heating system~^^-^ ^ and, in the other direction,to a back pressure valveand also to the heater,which could be cut off fromthe exhaust steam supplyby a gate valve. The drips from a high pressure steam line were also led into the heater so that some of this heat could be returned to the the heater was in need of cleaning, the gate valve connecting it to the exhaust steam line was closed. The heater w^as not immediately opened, however, and as it ap-parently had no v
. The Locomotive . mpanying sketch. Theengine exhausted into a line. which led, in the one direc- ^_^^^rJ| tion, to the heating system~^^-^ ^ and, in the other direction,to a back pressure valveand also to the heater,which could be cut off fromthe exhaust steam supplyby a gate valve. The drips from a high pressure steam line were also led into the heater so that some of this heat could be returned to the the heater was in need of cleaning, the gate valve connecting it to the exhaust steam line was closed. The heater w^as not immediately opened, however, and as it ap-parently had no vent and leakage existed in the steam traps on the drips of the high pressure steam line, it was not long before a pressure was produced in the heater sufficient to burst it. A view of the wreck is givenin the illus-tration herewith. Is your open heater Wreck of an Open Feed Water Heater. so installed that it is always open? It might be well to have itinspected. Go a step further — have it insured in The 244 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [October,
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