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36 T II E L () C O yi O T l\E. [March,<br />
Inspectors' Reports.<br />
Januaky, 1893.<br />
During this month our inspectors made 6,853 inspection trips, visited 14,226 boilers,<br />
inspected 4,702 both inti^rnally and exteruall}^, and subjected 508 to hydrostatic press-<br />
ure. <strong>The</strong> whole number of defects reported reached 10,322, of which 1,040 were considered<br />
dangerous; 71 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 />
...<br />
Cases of incrustation and scale, . - .<br />
Cases of internal grooving, . . - .<br />
Cases of internal corrosion, - - - -<br />
Cases<br />
....<br />
of external corrosion, - - - -<br />
Broken and loose braces and 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 />
....<br />
Defective heads, . . . . -<br />
Serious leakage around tube ends, . - -<br />
Serious leakage at seams,<br />
Defective water-gauges, . . _ .<br />
Defective blow-offs,<br />
...<br />
- - - - -<br />
Cases of deficiency of water,<br />
Safety-valves overloaded,<br />
....<br />
. - . .<br />
Safety-valves defective in construction,<br />
Pressure gauges defective,<br />
Boilers without<br />
.-.---pressure<br />
gauges.<br />
Unclassified defects, . . - - .<br />
Total, 10,322<br />
Whok' Number.<br />
- - 1,040
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