. The car builders' dictionary; an illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railway cars, their parts, attachments, and details of construction .. . nd all tanks must so be tested by January 1, 1908. TAN 165 TAN Tanks, when tested, must be stenciled with dateand place where test was made, and by whom, asfollows: Tested (Date) Pressure (Pounds per square inch) At (Place) By (Name of Firm) New Tanks.—New steel or iron tanks must be de-signed for a bursting pressure of not less than240 pounds per square inch. Inspection.—All tank cars at home on a railroadmust be inspected by insp
. The car builders' dictionary; an illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railway cars, their parts, attachments, and details of construction .. . nd all tanks must so be tested by January 1, 1908. TAN 165 TAN Tanks, when tested, must be stenciled with dateand place where test was made, and by whom, asfollows: Tested (Date) Pressure (Pounds per square inch) At (Place) By (Name of Firm) New Tanks.—New steel or iron tanks must be de-signed for a bursting pressure of not less than240 pounds per square inch. Inspection.—All tank cars at home on a railroadmust be inspected by inspectors in the employ ofthat railroad company, and when such tank carsmeet the requirements herein set forth, the legendshown below must be stenciled by the inspector onboth tank heads, with the initials of the railwaycompany making such inspection and the date theinspection is made. If foreign tank cars and indi-vidual tank cars at home on foreign lines stenciledwith the legend M. C. B. Construction by a for-eign road are offered for movement over anotherrailroad and some of the details do not conform tothe requirements of the tank-car circular, a report. of same should be made through the proper officersto the official in charge of equipment and the carallowed to proceed until further notice. APPLICATION OF SAFETY VALVES. Five-inch Safety Valves.—All tanks carrying vola-tile or inflammable material, such as crude petro-leum, fuel oil, benzene, naptha, kerosene, illuminat-ing oils, petroleum products, turpentine, etc., mustbe equipped with five-inch safety valves of therecommended design; one valve for a capacity of6,500 gallons or less, and two valves for a capacityof more than 6,500 gallons. Where tank carscarrying such products are subdivided into com-partments, each compartment must be providedwith a safety valve. Where only one valve isused, it must be set to open at a pressure of eightpounds per square inch; where two valves areused, only one must be set to open at
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