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[69353] Hull : Streetlife Museum - Priestman Oil Engine
[69353] Hull : Streetlife Museum - Priestman Oil Engine

Streetlife Museum, High Street, Old Town, Hull.
Priestman Oil Engine, 1894.

Priestman oil engine No 654. 7.5 tons. Painted green with black outline. The plaque on the side reads 'Priestman Patent Hull & London'. The pressure gauge on the side was made by B Cooke & Son Ltd, Hull. Two large flywheels and red painted levers.

This is thought to be only surviving example of a 7.5 ton Priestman oil engine. Originally sold to JC Hawkshaw in 1894.

William Dent Priestman was born in Sutton near Hull in 1847, one of eleven children. His father purchased the Holderness Foundry in Hull, and following on from this, William and his brother Samuel founded Priestman Brothers Ltd, Grab, Crane and Excavator Makers, in 1870. In 1885, William invented, built and patented the world’s first reliable and commercially successful oil engine – the Priestman Oil Engine. In addition, William is credited with being the first to fit an oil engine to a locomotive, in 1894. Between 1888 and 1904, over 1,000 of these engines were manufactured. The company went bankrupt in 1895 and the brothers lost control of the company, although manufacturing of diggers and dredgers continued until the late 20th century. William died in 1936 at his home in Garden Village.

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Taken on: November 3, 2018
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