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Boiler Sky: A 19th-Century Steam Boiler Thrown Across River
Boiler Sky: A 19th-Century Steam Boiler Thrown Across River
A massive piece of a steam boiler, complete with smokestack, flew across the Willamette River and landed after covering nearly the river’s width on the morning of April 8, 1854-killing roughly twenty people instantly and four more days later. What made the safety valve be tied down, and why did the chief engineer depart the boat before the explosion that became the worst boiler disaster in the Pacific Northwest?
In this episode, we recount the April 8, 1854 disaster aboard the SS Gazelle, describe who was on board and the technical…
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