. The Locomotive. nerally thought that he madethe first one. It now appears, however, that the work was performedby Mr. Dillon with the assistance of his then business partner, CharlesStewart. Mr. Dillon made the internal and Mr. Stewart the externalexaminations, spending more than three hours in carefully looking overthe boilers. As a result of their report, the boilers were accepted forinsurance. It is a great satisfaction to the Hartford Company thatit has continuously insured these boilers or their successors for thepast fifty-seven years, the present owners being the Crompton &Knowles Loo
. The Locomotive. nerally thought that he madethe first one. It now appears, however, that the work was performedby Mr. Dillon with the assistance of his then business partner, CharlesStewart. Mr. Dillon made the internal and Mr. Stewart the externalexaminations, spending more than three hours in carefully looking overthe boilers. As a result of their report, the boilers were accepted forinsurance. It is a great satisfaction to the Hartford Company thatit has continuously insured these boilers or their successors for thepast fifty-seven years, the present owners being the Crompton &Knowles Loom Works. It is an interesting coincidence that Mr. Dillon was also interestedin the first steel boiler. In fact, he was not only the maker, butalso was primarily responsible, through his personal efforts, in havingthis material given a trial. In 1874 his company received the orderfor two boilers to be installed in the building for the Mechanics Fairat Boston. The Bay State Iron Works of South Boston, from whom.
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