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===Boilermaking=== Caulking of iron and steel, of the same type described above for ship's hulls, was also used by [[boilermaker]]s in the era of riveted [[Steam boiler|boiler]]s to make the joints watertight and steamtight.<ref>{{cite book |last=Colvin |first=Fred H. |author-link=Fred H. Colvin |date=1906 |title=The Railroad Pocket-Book: A Quick Reference Cyclopedia of Railroad Information |publisher=New York, Derry-Collard; London, [[Locomotive Publishing Company]] (US-UK co-edition) |page=Cβ9 <!-- Not a range --> |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HhUx85xep4cC |access-date=February 17, 2022 }}</ref>
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