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The boiler of this engine was of the single flue variety, the
fire grate being placed in the flue, in the front end of which a
number of water tubes were fixed diametrically across, and in
such order as to deflect the heated products of combustion into
a spiral course. These tubes were subsequently removed, as they
soon choked with matter deposited from the water.
The wheels were four in number, 5 ft. in dia. and coupled. A
Copper steam dome was placed upon the boiler and from this
feature, which appears to have been original at the time the
engine received its name - the "Globe". The driving
axle was double cranked, the cranks being at right angles to
each other and the cylinders were placed horizontally and side
by side. The two eccentrics were loose upon the driving axle and
were reversible by a single lever. The Globe is stated to have
attained a speed of 50 miles an hour and was constantly employed
in the passenger traffic of the Stockton and Darlington line
down to 1839 when the boiler exploded at Middlesboro - on -
Tees.
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