Search our collection

Clear all filters
Image
Category
Collection
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date
Hydraulic Fluid Tank

Hydraulic Fluid Tank

Petrol and Oil tank

Petrol and Oil tank

Paterson Self-loading Spiral Tank

Paterson Self-loading Spiral Tank

1960
This mild steel lead lined tank and enameled pan top were built at some point between the late 19th century and early 20th century at the Levenstein/Blackley dyeworks which was based in Manchester. The tank is approximately 4 feet 6 inches in diameter, 4 feet 6 inches deep and weighs around one and a half tons. The enameled pan fits on top of the steel tank, and at the bottom of the tank is a porcelain hole where a charge tap would have been installed. Internally, the tank also had lead coiling and lead covered grid agitator to facilitate the mixing of cod liver oil and sulphonic acid.

Mild steel lead lined tank

Early 20th Century
Tank for cutting oil, with cirulating pump and hoses

Tank for cutting oil

Paper chromatography tank constructed at the Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds, 1943.

Paper chromatography tank constructed at the Wool Industries Research Association, 1943

1943
Ripple tank.

Ripple tank.

Lead tank (with lip) for cistern or cess pool lining 8" x 8.5" x 9" deep, flame burnt seams

Lead tank (with lip) for cistern or cess pool lining

Detached items : a sheet-metal tank; two sheet metal splash guards; bottom pulley for chain; a length of double-helix chain; a bottom pulley to suit the double-helix chain

Sheet-Metal Tank and Components