A few vintage publications about boiler explosions. The cause and preventive of steam boiler explosions ..1855 Harshman, Jacob https://archive.org/details/causepr...h/steamboat+explosions?q=steamboat+explosions Records of steam boiler explosions 1872 Marten, Edward Bindon https://archive.org/details/records.../search/boiler+explosions?q=boiler+explosions Steam-boiler Explosions, in Theory and in Practice 1887 Robert Henry Thurston https://archive.org/details/steambo.../search/boiler+explosions?q=boiler+explosions Steam boiler explosions 1890 by Colburn, Zerah, 1832-1870 https://archive.org/details/steambo.../search/boiler+explosions?q=boiler+explosions
Steam is amazing. The power contained within a boiler is fantastic. Some of the photos I have seen, of them after being hurled unbelievable distances- all that weight......
Cannot quite read the second article. In the first, it would be interesting to know what the conclusion of any investigation might have found. Also, did he really switch insurance providers, as the article alludes? The article talks about the boiler working pressure being higher (75psi?) than the claimed 65 psi, which has me wondering if they knew it had a flaw, and were trying to sneak by....
