Oil tank
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Painted steel
Measurements
30 ins (h)20 ins (dia)
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275001
Summary
A red-painted steel tank with loop handles at sides, for storing and dispensing motor oil. Marked in paint on front "ENGINE OIL". Front part of tank top is hinged, and when opened lifts pivotted discharge pipe and reveals drainage bowl with central strainer and carrying oil pump and filling plug. 'K' shaped brass plate on front enbossed "J. KAYE and SONS LTD./LEEDS/ LONDON". Top fitted with hasp for securing with padlock
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950