Where the city led, the capital followed

Hull Daily Mail (UK) | October 9, 2006 | Copyright

Have you ever looked down into the site of the excavated Beverley Gate at the top of Whitefriargate and noticed the iron ram cradles, the equipment that once lifted Monument Bridge? Or spotted street boxes in the Old Town marked HHPCo?

I hadn't until they were pointed out to me by Hull's Head Of Culture, Brian Hayton, as a survivor from a remarkable local "first", the Hull Hydraulic Power Company.

Years ago I was asked to write an article about Hull as a pioneering city. There was no shortage of material, but Hull's role as a pioneer of hydraulic power had passed me by. It was a magnificent ...

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