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Lancashire Boiler

The Lancashire boiler usually varies from 5'6" diameter up to 8'6" diameter, and from 15 feet to 30 feet in length. The Cornish boiler is similar, but with one central furnace instead of two. Cornish boilers range from 4' to 7' diameter, and from 10 feet to 30 feet in length.

1 Fusible plug
2 Water level gauge
3 Steam pressure gauge
4 Dead weight safety valve
5 Main stop valve
6 Steam collecting pipe
7 High and Low Water Safety Valve
8 Manhole
9 Gusset stay
10 Adamson's Rings
11 Firebars
12 Blow-off Cock
13 Furnaces
14 Flues
15 Brickwork
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Source Scan from Bentley (1918) Sketches of Engine and Machine Details, London, pp. p. 107
Author Andy Dingley (scanner)
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