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Actaeon Locomotive after its boiler exploded
- Made:
- 1855 in Gloucester
Lithograph (with decorative border). The Locomotive "Actaeon" after its boiler exploded in Gloucester Station Yard, close to the water tank, on 7 February 1855. (John Brown, Driver). "Actaeon" was a GWR 'Firefly' class 2-2-2, built 1841. (see C.H.Hewison 'Locomotive Boiler Explosions', p.38-39).