Photograph of Sissons Brothers & Co., Ltd stack of ships boilers which were converted into storage tanks for storing oils and solvents used in the manufacture of varnish
- Reference No:
- C DBSS/4/2/25
- Dates:
- c. 1915
- Description:
- This stack was erected by the firm's employees in 1915 and famously survived the Second World War bombings. By raising the boilers well above the ground their contents could run by gravity directly into the varnish works, thereby eliminating a considerable amount of handling
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull City Archives
- Collection:
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Records relating to Sissons Brothers & Co. Ltd.
