This book records over 30 horrific boiler explosions occurring in 19th and early 20th century Cotton Mills, Collieries, Ironworks, Bleachworks and several other Industries. This well-researched book also features the histories of early factory steam boilers: Balloon, Waggon, Egg-Ended, Cornish, Rastrick Vertical, Lancashire and other interesting early designs. The author has also included boiler explosions involving Traction Engines, Railway Locomotives and the disastrous explosion that claimed the lives of 45 men on board H.M.S.Thunderer. 170 black and white photographs and Victorian engravings.