The use of bullets and explosives to clean out concrete mixers and
similar items that have got clogged up was referred to several times
as I was researching the subject in the 1980's
Dave
>A diarist in the 1830s was told by Pontesbury smelt workers that they set
>off a cannon to release condensate from the walls of condensers and flues.
>Was this common practice and are there other records of this - or were they
>pulling his leg?
>
>Regards,
>
>Andy Cuckson
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University of Missouri-Rolla,
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