The Boiler Tubes
The boiler tubes of the Colorado and her sister ship the Pennsylvania became part of a lawsuit levied by the United States Government on October 4, 1906. It was alleged by the Navy Department that thousands of boiler tubes that were installed in the boilers of the Colorado, Pennsylvania, Maine and Georgia were never subjected to government tests. Many of the tubes, which were installed in these vessels was done so after the manufacturer of the tubes had rejected them. A man named Frank L. Emmett, of Sharpsville, PA, brought this fraud to the attention of the Navy Department. Emmett was at the time in charge of the shipping department of the Shelby Steel Tube Company, located in Greenville, PA. and this fraud may have started as early as 1898.
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Sean
