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Andy Dingley Andy Dingley is offline
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Default Welding cast iron

On Jul 29, 4:15*pm, Andy Breen wrote:

The later multi-tubular version is generally called a "launch-type" or
gunboat boiler. These had some use for small ships, and for small narrow


Or, in marine use, a "locomotive boiler".. :-)


You have to be careful with that - some naval "locomotive boilers" had
Belpaire fireboxes.