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PUBLISHED BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE COMPANY.<br />

New Skkiks \i.. XV. HARTFORD, CONN., MARCH, 1894. .No. B.<br />

Through Bracing1<br />

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In t ho February issue of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Locomotive</strong> we illustrated a method of through bracing,<br />

in which the braces were provided with upset ends, and the heads were stiffened by<br />

channel bars. <strong>The</strong> present illustration shows the same general form of bracing as<br />

applied to a 72-inch boiler, except that the steel channel bars in the present instance are<br />

heavier, and have a width of eight inches; the increased width allowing the rivets to be<br />

-q sn~p ©" ©" ©"<br />

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