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^QO THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July,<br />

Inspectors' Report.<br />

• March, 1893.<br />

During this month our inspectors made 7,071 inspection trips, visited 13,943 boilers,<br />

inspected 4,955 both internally and externally, and subjected 737 to hydrostatic press-<br />

ure. <strong>The</strong> whole number of defects reported reached 10,454, of which 1,561 were considered<br />

dangerous ; 53 boilers were regarded unsafe for further use. Our usual summary<br />

is given below<br />

Nature of Defects.<br />

Cases of deposit of sediment, . _ -<br />

Cases of incrustation and scale, . _ .<br />

Cases of internal grooving, - - - -<br />

Cases of internal corrosion, - - - -<br />

Cases of external corrosion, - - - -<br />

Broken and loose braces and<br />

....<br />

stays, - - -<br />

Settings defective, - - - - -<br />

.....<br />

Furnaces out of shape,<br />

Fractured plates, . - . - -<br />

Burned plates,<br />

Blistered plates, - - - -<br />

Cases of defective riveting, - - - -<br />

Defective heads, . . . - -<br />

Serious leakage around tube ends, - - -<br />

Serious leakage at seams, . . - -<br />

Defective water-gauges, . . . -<br />

Defective blow-offs, . . - -<br />

Cases of deficiency of water, . . _<br />

Safety-valves overloaded, . . . -<br />

Safety-valves defective in construction.<br />

Pressure-gauges defective, - . - -<br />

Boilers without pressure-gauges,<br />

Unclassified defects,<br />

...<br />

- - - - -<br />

Whole Number.<br />

Total, 10,454 - - 1,561

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