Format 40 cm / 20 cm. Exceptional reproduction of the New York Central Mercury on the siding in Chicago - 1936. The New York Central Railroad (NYC), generally known as the New York Central in its advertisements, was an American railroad company operating in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.
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Steam Boiler Explosions: In Theory And Practice|Robert Henry Thurston, Engineering Mathematics, A Series Of Lectures Delivered At Union College|Charles Proteus Steinmetz, A Doctor In The Forest|B. Tandy, Shopper's Guide To New York: 2|Richard M. Cohen
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Jul 29, 2019 · Inwood 1962: Boiler Explosion at NY Telephone Company kills 21. New York Times, October 4, 1962. On October 3, 1962, at 12:07 pm, an overheated boiler exploded inside the New York Telephone Company building on Broadway and West 213 th Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan. In the aftermath 21 persons were counted dead and 95 others were injured.
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Broadway & West 213th Street, Upper Manhattan, New York City. Type. Boiler explosion. Deaths. 23. Non-fatal injuries. 94. On October 3, 1962, a boiler exploded in a New York Telephone Company building in Upper Manhattan, killing 23 people and injuring 94.
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The New York Times. May 4, 1884. Gouverneur, N. Y., May 3. -- At 11:30 o'clock this morning a terrible explosion occurred in the boiler room of the Whitney Marble Company's works about a mile from this village. The boiler room is in the saw-mill, and it contained two boilers of fifty-horse power each. The boilers had been out of repair since
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540 times the energy is involve in the change of state. liquid to a gas. Super heating by increasing pressure adds energy to both the change of state and temperature increase. The discussion continues about saturate steam. Steam with a lot of liquid water still mixed as a solution.
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THE BAYOU LAFOURCHE BOILER EXPLOSION -- NINE MEN KILLED -- A PASSENGER'S ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER. A passenger on board the steamer RIGHT WAY sends the following account of the boiler explosion to the New Orleans Times: Thibodaux, July 18, …
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The boiler was a small one of ordinary locomotive construction, and had been used for some time. There will be a thorough official investigation of the catastrophe. The New York Times, New York, NY 15 Feb 1870-----The Boiler Explosion Disaster – Death of One of the Victims.
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Feb 13, 2020 · Boiler explosions are of a particular danger in (locomotive-type) fire tube boilers because the top of the firebox (crown sheet) must be covered with some amount of water at all times; or the heat of the fire can weaken the crown sheet or crown stays to the point of failure, even at normal working pressure.
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Jan 01, 2021 · The No. 90 boiler explosion investigated based on the framework of Boiler explosion Act, 1882 was a vertical boiler of 10 years old. This boiler was inspected by the National Boiler Insurance Co. The boiler suffered from external corrosion caused by the leakage of boiler-water and deteriorated in its strength, while this defect was not detected
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Oct 30, 2005 · Neglected to mention yesterday that Trains published an article devoted entirely to boiler explosions some time in the mid-1990's. Also, that Freeman Hubbard's Railroad had an article on the D&H Cobleskill explosion sometime in the early 1960's. That one occurred in 1940 or 1941, and the power was a new Kefid-4 turned out by Alco only about a year before.
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Jun 05, 2020 · most boiler explosions are the result of a very low water condition and them someone adding water into the same boiler. the result is water hitting hot steel that is usually under water. the water coming in expands at to great a rate for the safety valves to handle. if I remember right a gallon of water expands 16 times its original volume causing the explosion. …
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Another large hole was blown in the front part of the shell. The position in which the boiler was found was a curious one. It was lying alongside the kitchen and under the stairs which lead up to the porch, as if it wished to hide itself after the destruction it had done. The New York Times New York, New York February 23, 1881
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The boiler, about thirty feet long, was sundered near the middle, and one-half of it thrown into a small building used for bleaching. The other half was driven through the same building, and about one hundred and fifty feet through a dry-house. The Works are owned by Mr. SCHROEDER. The New York Times New York, New York October 26, 1853
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Jan 14, 2022 · The formation of the ASME was a much needed thing. Still, to this day, incidents happen, mostly as furnace explosions rather than steam explosions. An insurance co. inspector told me a few years ago, the most likely candidate for a boiler explosion nowadays is a 12 PSI Low Pressure or Hot Water unit in an apartment or commercial installation.
Read MoreJan 01, 2021 · The No. 90 boiler explosion investigated based on the framework of Boiler explosion Act, 1882 was a vertical boiler of 10 years old. This boiler was inspected by the National Boiler Insurance Co. The boiler suffered from external corrosion caused by the leakage of boiler-water and deteriorated in its strength, while this defect was not detected
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The damage to the building will not exceed $5,000. There is an insurance of $50,000 in the American Steam Boiler Insurance Company of New York. There being no known cause for the explosion, the Coroner's jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. The New York Times, New York, NY 10 Jul 1888
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1902 - BOILER EXPLOSION KILLS TWO MEN. Pumping Station on Shore Road in Queens Destroyed. He says he was looking at the building when it suddenly resolved itself into a cloud of steam, brick, and dust, and instantly there was a rush of air which staggered him and a roar which deafened him for a time. The New York Times New York, New
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EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BOILER. The boiler of the steam engine, in the Iron Foundry of MR. ROBERT M'QUEEN, at the corner of Duane and Cross streets, New York, exploded a little after five o'clock, on the 23d ult., and caused the destruction of some lives.
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In New York all pressure vessels fall under the law, in Mass the boiler laws only cover stationary boilers Cars Boats Cranes heavy equipment are not covered. Most Stanley boilers built with rolled in tubes when over heated, the tubes all leak water out and Stanley also had a low water alarm.
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Steam Boiler Explosions. - The New York Times. A common cause of explosion is the runaway firing condition that takes place when the boiler's burner does not shut off. In this case, when the hot-water heater is connected to the city water supply on one side and the building hot-water service on the other, the check valve will shut off and no
Read MoreBoiler explosions. Between 1811 and 1853, an estimated 7,000 fatalities occurred as a result of catastrophic boiler explosions on steamboats operating on the Mississippi and its tributaries. Due to a combination of poor boiler construction and unsafe operation, steamboat explosions were a frequent occurrence.
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Sep 30, 2012 · Once an obstruction was removed, cold water made its way into the superheated boiler, leading to the explosion. Apparently, the ticket agent who lives in the station slept through the whole affair. That is until his wife awoke him. Source: The New York Times, March 12, 1907
Read MoreApr 03, 2017 · The frames for the new Kefid's were all-new castings with integral cylinders, so 5555 used the boiler from 5070, and probably not much from 4240. I have no idea whether 4240's tender survived. If it did, it wasn't used on 5555, but it might have been used behind an E-27 Consolidation or some other engine.
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Jul 19, 2020 · Get a boiler barrel to the point it has a red hot zone while holding steam pressure, and the result is an explosion. Another common cause of boiler explosions was simply low water level. If a fireman or engineer did not keep a good eye on the boiler level glass, or if the gauge cocks were plugged with mud from suspended solids in the water, the
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