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Coalman delivering coal in a street of houses. Date: circa 1970s
WW2 poster, Save fuel for battle! Save coal, gas, electricity, paraffin, Ministry of Fuel and Power. Showing soldiers and ships in a battle scene. Date: circa 1944
Junkers G38, large German freight planeJunkers G38, was a large German four-engined transport aircraft, designed to carry freight over long distances rather than a great number of persons. Date: 1930
Details of the V2 rocket bomb by G. H. DavisDetails of the German V2 rocket bomb, comparing its size with a V1, a house and a London bus. A comparison of its fuel economy with a Lancaster bomber
German Siemens Schuckert D. VI fighter plane, WW1A German Siemens Schuckert D.VI single-seat fighter monoplane with a 180 hp Siemens-Halske engine, fitted with a belly tank that can be jettisoned
Triplex Grate [solid fuel]
New Esso Guide to London Airport - Heathrow. 1965
Anti-nuclear power demonstration, Gwithian, CornwallAnti-nuclear power demonstration at Gwithian, Cornwall, with a CEGB drilling rig and site office in the background. Date: 1970s
BP petrol advertisement, 1925150 miles of pipe lines. Advertisement for British Petroleum with an illustration by Christopher Clark showing construction of a pipe line in the Persian desert - one of the many activities of
Djibouti - Charcoal Depot at the Port. Date: 1920
Poster, Rhodesian and Nyasaland Airways Limited. 20th century
Kay Snap - Mr Knob the Coalman. 1930s
Abadan Oil Refinery from the airAbadan oil refinery, Iran (Persia) from the air. The largest in the world at that time on the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (the southern end of which forms the border with Iraq). Date: 1951
WW2 poster, Save fuel to make munitions for battleWW2 poster, The wife who squandered the electricity -- Save fuel to make munitions for battle, designed by H M Bateman for the Ministry of Fuel and Power. Date: 1943
Steam locomotive, The Flying DutchmanSteam locomotive 70018, The Flying Dutchman, pulling the Red Dragon express. Date: circa 1960s
Avro Tudor Mk. V G-AKBZ BOAC StanstedAvro Tudor 5 G-AKBZ was originally built for British South American Airways and named Star Falcon. Used as a fuel freighter during the Berlin Airlift. It was taken on by BOAC in 1949 but never used
Caucasian oilfields by G. H. DavisThe Achilles Heel of the Soviets: the Caucasian oilfields. A pictorial map of the strategically vulnerable oilfields on either side of the Caucasus upon which Russia depends for the bulk of her
Shell Petrol StationShell filling station, Lund, Scania, Sweden c. 1958. Date: 1958
Wood Market - Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa - a scarce commodity in the arid desert landscape of Central Mali. Date: circa 1910s
Junkers Ju86A1 D-AXEQ Brg of LufthansaJunkers Ju86A1, D-AXEQ, Brg, of Lufthansa. Windowless, it had extra fuel tanks fitted in the fuselage and on 22-23 August 1936 it flew non-stop from Dessau to Bathurst, a distance of 3, 603 miles
The fifth Gloster Meteor F1 EE214 / GThe fifth Gloster Meteor F1, EE214/G. Before going to 616 Squadron this aircraft was used for ventral fuel-tank trials
RFA Birchol, British naval oil tanker, WW1The British naval oiler (oil tanker) RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Birchol during the First World War. She was launched in June 1917, and served off the coast of northern Russia (Archangel) in 1919
Men at work in engine room of a ship, WW1Men at work loading coal in the engine room of a ship during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Livens Projector emplacement, Western Front, WW1A Livens Projector emplacement on a Western Front battlefield during the First World War. They were used for firing grenades, fuel bombs and gas bombs. Date: 1916-1918
Holborn Union Workhouse Farm and Gas Works, MitchamThe workhouse farm located near the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Pigs feed from troughs while workhouse inmates stand nearby. A gasometer is visible at the left
Diesel Fuel Injection Pump TestingA technician tests a distributor fuel injection pump on a Hartridge machine at the CAV Engineering Centre in Acton, London
Cut turf and donkeys - IrelandPiles of cut turf and a group of donkeys, Lough Shindilla, Connemara, Co Galway
Children gathering firewood by Ethel ParkinsonLittle fuel gatherers. A quintet of children gathering firewood in a winter landscape
Coal transportation, Sabang, Sumatra, IndonesiaCoal sheds and transportation, Sabang, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910
French Railway Alphabet - M for Mecanicien (engine driver). 19th century
Early Vulcan Petrol Tanker supplying BP motor fuel. Date: circa 1919
Man in a kilt, filling a van up with petrol. Date: circa 1960s
Arabs and others with oil barrels in an unidentified location. Date: circa 1920s
Ceil Well, Baku - Azerbaijan - producing Petrol and naphta. Date: circa 1905
Peat stack, County Donegal, north-west IrelandPeat stack in County Donegal, north-west Ireland, with a trench in the foreground from which the peat has been dug. Date: circa 1900s
Veteran 1910 motorcycle & sidecar refuelling at a garageVeteran 1910 era motorcycle & sidecar combination refuelling at a garage circa 1910
RFA Prestol tankerRFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Prestol Belgol-class tanker and warship, with coastline (possibly Spain) in the background. Date: circa 1920s
London Trade Card - John Edwards, Coal Merchant, at the Old Collier and Cart, Fleet Ditch, near Holborn Bridge. 18th century
Vietnam - Commercial Quay, Saigon circa 1906
WW1 poster, Mine More CoalPoster, Mine More Coal, United States Fuel Administration. circa 1918
Turf Stacked for Winter Fuel, Co. AntrimTurf Stacked forWinter Fuel, Co. Antrim - a view of a turf stack beside a thatched cottage, with a man carrying turf. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s
Greetings card in the shape of a coal scuttle with catsGreetings card in the shape of a coal scuttle with a cat and a kitten inside. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a coal scuttleGreetings card in the shape of a brown wooden coal scuttle. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, French coal supply, WW1Cartoon, French coal supply. A coal merchant and an old woman discuss the crisis. The board outside his shop shows the high price of coal, when its actually available. Date: 1917
A lull whilst coaling HMS Marlborough - Moda, TurkeyA lull for the crew whilst coaling HMS Marlborough at Moda, Sea of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey. Hot and dirty work! Date: 1923
Coal Ship - HMS Marlborough - Moda, Sea of Marmara, TurkeyCoal Ship alongside the HMS Marlborough at Moda, Sea of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill
Trinidad - An Oilfield with Derricks sitting over the individual oil wells. Date: circa 1920s
Chandeliers, brackets and back lamps, Plate 245Chandeliers, brackets and back lamps, for burning petroleum, paraffin or kerosene, Plate 245. Date: circa 1880s