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A fuel explosion within the confines of the firebox may damage the pressurized boiler tubes and interior shell, potentially triggering structural failure, steam or water leakage, and/or a secondary boiler shell failure and steam explosion. A common form of minor firebox "explosion" is known as "drumming" and can occur with any type of fuel.
4 July 1839: Locomotive United States: 14th Street, New York City, New York: 2: 5 [14] Surprise: 10 November 1840: Locomotive United Kingdom: Bromsgrove railway station, Bromsgrove, England: 2 [15] [2] SS Henry Eckford: 27 April 1841: Marine (civilian) United States: New York City, New York: 1: 2: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Richmond: 2 ...
BLEVE–fireball, 2008 Toronto propane explosion The following is a list of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) accidents. It shows whether the accident occurred during dangerous goods transportation or at a fixed facility, the accident origin (e.g., storage, process reactor, rail tank car, tank truck), the material involved, its amount, the number of fatalities, and whether a ...
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"This was well before the football game, which was scheduled for 10 a.m." A boiler explosion at Murdock Middle/High School has forced the school to close for the week of Nov. 27, and possibly longer.
The upper sheet of the inner firebox on a locomotive boiler. It is the hottest part of the firebox, and sometimes at risk of boiler explosion, should the water level drop and the crown sheet be exposed and thus allowed to overheat. Supported from above by complex stays. Damper An adjustable flap controlling the air admitted beneath the fire-bed.
The explosion occurred on the first day of the ice harvesting season. [1] Around 125 men, mostly Italian and Polish immigrants, gathered in and around the boiler house of the Morewood Lake Ice Company waiting for work. [2] The boiler was a second-hand locomotive boiler that had been purchased from a saw-mill in 1906. It was only used for two to ...
The explosion occurred at 11:06 p.m., [note 1] during the show's finale. [7] [2] The explosion was centered on the southeastern end of the arena, [8] [3] [9] just underneath the box seats of Aisle 13. [10] [3] [4] The initial blast lifted approximately 700 square feet (70 m 2) of floor and launched debris and spectators towards the ice rink. [8]