Belt-Wheel Wreck at the Plant of the Tennessee Fiber Company

By William H. Boehm
Published on January 1, 1994

Reprinted from Power Magazine, August 1905 issue, was submitted
by Richard Mock, 159 Dirkson Ave., West Seneca, New York 14224.

On June 14 a belt-wheel in the plant of the Tennessee Fiber
Company at Memphis, Tenn., burst and did a considerable amount of
damage.

The wheel was 20 feet in diameter, 30 inches face and weighed

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