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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.

Note that this boiler is not superheated.

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

Date

1923

Source

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

Author

J.F. Gairns (d. 1930)

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	17:05, 9 June 2015	1,239 × 741 (291 KB)	Anthostav	Evidenziati in colore alcuni particolari, didascalie
	17:02, 9 June 2015	1,239 × 741 (711 KB)	Anthostav	Reverted to version as of 18:22, 28 April 2008
	17:02, 9 June 2015	1,239 × 741 (711 KB)	Anthostav	Reverted to version as of 18:22, 28 April 2008
	17:01, 9 June 2015	1,239 × 741 (291 KB)	Anthostav	Inserite didascalie in italiano, evidenziate in colore le parti principali
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