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Description

Locomotive boiler, sectioned view

Diagram showing construction of a locomotive boiler. Also cross sections of round-topped, Belpaire and Wootten fireboxes.

Key
AP Ash Pan
B1 Boiler Barrel (1st ring)
B2 Boiler Barrel (2nd ring)
B3 Boiler Barrel (3rd ring)
BA Brick Arch
BD Back Damper
BL Blower
BP Blast Pipe
BPL Back Plate
BTP Back Tube Plate
C Chimney
CS Crown Sheet
DP Deflector Plate
FB Firebox (inner)
FD Front Damper
FH Fire Hole
FR Foundation Ring
FTP Front Tube Plate
GB Grate Bars
OFB Outside Firebox
PP Petticoat Pipe
R Regulator
RH Regulator Handle
RS Regulator Spindle
S Stays
SB Smokebox
SD Steam Dome
SMD Smokebox Door
SP Steam Pipe
SS Sling Stays
ST Screw Stays
SV Safety Valves
T Tubes
TP Throat Plate
WL Water Level
Source

J.F. Gairns (1923). Railways for All, facing p.49, Ward Lock.
Date

1923
Author

J.F. Gairns (d. 1930)
Permission
(Reusing this image)
Public domain This UK photograph or other artistic work (e.g. painting), of which the author is known, is in the public domain because the author died prior to 1st January 1938.

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