Horizontal Steam Engine

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Statutory Address: Humber Dock Street, Hull, HU1 1TB

Coordinates: 53°44’24″N 0°20’13″W

Figure 1: Megan Seeney, Horizontal Steam Engine, Humber Dock Street, facing Hull Marina, 2023, digital photograph.
Figure 2: Megan Seeney, Horizontal Steam Engine, Humber Dock Street, 2023, digital photograph.
Figure 3: Megan Seeney, A close-up of the inscription on the side of the Horizontal Steam Engine, Humber Dock Street, 2023, digital photograph.

Description of Location –

Located on the east side of Hull Marina (previously Humber Dock).

Figure 4: Megan Seeney, “Horizontal Steam Engine”, JPEG map, Scale 1:1000, Open Street Map, December 2023, ArcGIS, created 15 January 2024.

Details –

Erected: 1987

Listed: Not listed

Monument Type: Historical Interest

Associated Site(s): Not Applicable

Inscription(s): “Horizontal steam engine. The single cylinder ‘winding engine’ was originally sited at the head of the No.2 slipway immediately west of the Victoria Dock Half-tide Basin. It was made in 1866 by Morton and Sons of Leith and was used to draw vessels up from the Humber for repair and fitting out. The engine remained there up to 1971 and was relocated here in 1987. Hull City Council 1991.”

Description: A preserved horizontal single cylinder steam engine, built in 1866, and presented in a clear plastic case at street level alongside the marina. It was designed and constructed by Morton and Sons of Leith and was formerly used to haul ships out of the water on the slipway at Victoria Dock.

Additional Resources –

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