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Throat sheet and wrapper side sheets, sections removed from a locomotive boiler

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Completed repairs to the throat sheet

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Driving  1 1/4" circumferential seam rivets on throat sheet section

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Driving mud ring rivets

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Driving mud ring rivets

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Portable machine tool for beveling the rear tube sheet holes

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The selective weld build up and bevel machining of the rear tube sheet flue holes insures a good secure contact between the tube sheet and rolled surface of the tubes.

 

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Steam dome machining completed; now machine is facing off manhole seat. This portable machine tool work removed the corrosion and pitting on the gasket seating surfaces.