Victory is a question of stamina - Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar - The fuel for fighters United States Food Administration. Poster showing soldiers running with bayonets. Date 1917
WW2 poster, Switch off that Light! Less Light -- More Planes. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Don t be fuel-ishWW2 poster, The worker who left the lights on -- Don t be fuel-ish. Wasted electricity means less fuel to make the weapons we need for victory
Derrick Floor of an oil rig, IranDerrick Floor of an oil drilling rig, Iran
Terminal Building, Cork Airport, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s
Coal mining by G. H. DavisCoal mine working and outcrop production: how coal, so vital to every form of war industry, can be won from opencast veins at shallow depths. Date: 1944
Triplex Grate C PatternThe C-pattern TRIPLEX grate, with heated compartments above and to one side of the open fireplace which has a warming stand in front of it
Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South WalesThree men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales
Oil Well at Chillingar, Iran. One of Irans largest oil fields, Chilingar was named after George V. Chilingar, one of the best-known petroleum geologists in the world
Shire horses and cart on Marazion beach, CornwallTwo white shire horses pulling a cart along Marazion beach in Cornwall, with St Michaels Mount in the background
Mobiloil enamel signAn enamel sign advertising Mobiloil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
Oil Tankers of the Manchester Oil Refinery. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slidesA Railway engineer, wearing no discernible protective clothing, greasing the pivots and slides with a grease gun. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. 1950s
Pratts Motor OilA circular enamel sign advertising Pratts Motor Oil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
The pier at Entebbe, Uganda - Lake VictoriaThe pier at Entebbe, Uganda on the shore of Lake Victoria with the steam ferryboats Clement Hill (on left) which was in service between 1906-36 and either the Winifred or Sybil (on the right)
National petrol advert for the National benzole mixture which gives more miles per gallon
BP employee opening the flow valvesA British Petroleum employee opens the flow valves of an oil plant in the Middle East (likely to have been in Iraq or Iran)
Gas Blow-out - BoliviaGas blow-out - Bolivia - the Yacimentos oilfield region Date: circa 1910s
Shetland Islands - Cutting a peat bankA Crofter cutting a peat bank on The Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s
Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, WalesThe tank farm at the Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales - built by British Petroleum Oil between 1918-22
Scene at a petrol station, with an attendant filling up a car
Largest Gasometer in the World - East Greenwich, London - built in 1888. Situated on the Greenwich peninsula, close to the site of the O2 Arena
Gas refrigerator advertisement, 1950sAdvertisement for a gas-powered fridge depicting a carefree 1950s housewife gazing fondly at her gigantic baby. 1950s
Enamel sign for MobiloilA fine enamel sign advertising Mobiloil, featuring the winged horse Pegasus, the company emblem and logo of Mobil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
Observed of all observers by Alfred LeeteThe Chauffeur of a coal-gas-driven car (to a gathering crowd): Wot are you anging around cre for? The Crowd: Please, Mister, we se waiting for the balloon to go up
The walking way in the keel of the R34, shown when the airship was still under construction. Some of the aluminium fuel tanks and canvas bags for the water ballast may be seen. 24 November 1918
Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks, WW2Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks during the Second World War
Power and control in R101The first diesel-engined airship: power and control in R101. Illustrations of some of the features of R101: a power car, the chart room, and mooring arrangements
Poster advertising BenzolePoster advertising National Benzole Mixture, giving more miles per gallon
Redex Petrol AdditiveA tin/alloy sign advertising Redex petrol additive which makes the engine BETTER. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
Triplex Grate 1929The TRIPLEX grate, with heated compartments on either side of the open fireplace
Govan Ironworks, GlasgowCharging a blast furnace at Govan Iron Works in Glasgow
Patriotic poster, Buy British, keep the home fires burningPatriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British and keep the home fires burning. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis
Motor Shell Oil Advertisement. Date: 1926
Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and waterDiagram illustrating how heat in the earth and water can provide heating for homes and factories. City Electrical Engineer of Norwich
An East Anglian Express steam train, running through Framlingham, Suffolk Date: circa 1960s
Republic F-84G Thunderjet, 51-767, takes on fuel from a ?Republic F-84G Thunderjet, 51-767, takes on fuel from a Boeing KB-29, 44-86398
HMS New Zealand being refuelled by a BP ship British Emperor. HMS New Zealand was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser built in 1910 as a gift to Britain from the people of New Zealand
Miner at coal face -3Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990
Pratt's High Test Fuel - Advertisement for Pratt's High Test petrol depicts a woman at the steering wheel, goggles at the ready. Artist: Albert Bailey. Date: 1926
WW1 oil and petrol, Shell Motor Spirit, Best of Allies, Always in the Front Date: circa 1915
Southampton Floating Dry Dock 1930s
Southampton Turning the RMS Majestic probably 1932
Southampton RMS Olympic propeller Blades probably 1932
Shell Special Petrol - Shell Ltd. Date: 1933
Bede BD-2 N937BD. at Rockford, Illinois in 1967. Powered by a 225hp modified Continental IO-360C, this heavily rebuilt Schweizer 2-32 sailplane was intended for a globe-circling
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. A Fuel Maintenance specialist carrying out maintenance on a 3, 000 US Gallon (2498 Imp.Gallon, 11356 litre) under-wing tank. Date: circa 1960
Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1966 - warmer homes with lower fuel costs Date: 1966
