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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
Glass engraved globes and bronze chandeliers 1881Chandeliers with engraved glass globes and lacquered, steel or florentine bronzed fittings. 1881
Hall, passage and verandah lamps for gas, Plate 256. Date: circa 1880s
Silbers patent burners with wicks, Plate 227Silbers patent petroleum, paraffin or kerosene burners with circular and flat wicks, Plate 227. Date: circa 1880s
Ecclesiastical lighting items, Plate 168Ecclesiastical suspensions, coronae, brackets and other church lamps, for burning petroleum, paraffin or kerosene, Plate 168. Date: circa 1880s
The First German Coke Oven. 18th centuryThe First German Coke Oven. Diorama. 18th century. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany
Internal Combustion Engines. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany
Travelling Oil Salesman - H. Jenks of Charlwood St, Pimlico - As Cheap as any. Date: circa 1905
Personal snaps (poly-photos)Personal photographs taken in England 5 snaps showing unexploded bomb, bus with gas supply for fuel and firemen at play. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters
Solid Fuel StoveA solid fuel burning stove, which provides heating and is also a cooker and is neatly built into a tiled recess in the corner of a compact cottage kitchen. Date: 1930s
Racial / Dakota / Fuel 1853Dakota Indian squaw gathering fuel Date: 1853
DEVON FIRESTwo versions of the Devon fire which is offered in several styles to suit the decor of your home, be it traditional or art deco Date: circa 1930
Stylish Fireplace 1908A very stylish open fireplace and its fender, and a mantel of wood Date: 1908
Rus / Jap War / at VigoThe Russian Baltic Fleet, on its way to the Far East, stops at Vigo, Spain, for fuel and supplies Date: August 1904
Unloading coal at the London docks 1871WHIPPING (= UNLOADING) COAL Date: 1871
Advertisement for Acme gas stoves, by Arden Hill & Co, Birmingham. A maid tells Mr Soot that his services aren t needed any more. Date: early 20th century
Poster, Power Ethyl, most powerful petrol on sale. Date: circa 1930s
Front and back covers, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson, published by the Great Western Railway in the companys centenary year
Electricity bill for resident of Lima, New York State, USAElectricity bill for Mrs William Vary, a resident of Lima, New York State, USA. The power supplier is the Lima Honeoye Electric Light & Railroad Company, six kilowatts were consumed in May 1918
Cartoon, Cost of food and drink, WW1Cartoon illustrating the cost of food and drink during the First World War. Various tradesmen comment on the cost of their produce. Date: 1916
Service station, Wendover, Utah-Nevada, USAState Line Service Station at Wendover, on the border between Utah and Nevada, USA. Date: 1950s
Pennsylvania Coal Docks, Sandusky, Ohio, USAView of the Pennsylvania Coal Docks, Sandusky, Ohio, USA, with an electrically operated coal loader Date: 1939
A gas-bag motor boatThe scarcity of petrol during the First World War saw the introduction of cars and vans powered by gas, with the gas being transported in a huge bag on the roof
Supermarine Spitfire PR XI -these photo-reconnaissance types traded their wing guns for range extending fuel tanks
Supermarine Spitfire PR XI -the substitution of fuel for armament increased the Spitfires range enormously - Photo Hugh W Cowin 050807
Short N1B Shirl with long range fuel tank in place of torpedo
Funeral ceremony of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Gas bag omnibus in Edinburgh, WW1An example of a coal gas powered vehicle in Edinburgh - in this case a bus which holds a voluminous rubber bag for the gas on its roof
Steam locomotive, Great Eastern RailwaySteam locomotive 62785 of the Great Eastern Railway, built in the late 19th century. circa 1960s
WWI Poster, US Food AdministrationDesign by Harvey Dunn, Victory is a Question of Stamina, Send the Wheat, Meat, Fats, Sugar, the fuel for Fighters. United States Food Administration poster. Date: 1917
American warships coaling, Honolulu, Hawaii. Date: circa 1909
Mr Asquiths Wolseley Landaulette with gas container, WW1Ex-Prime Minister Herbert Asquiths Wolseley Landaulette motor car equipped with the Lyon-Spencer gas container on its roof
Scouts at Argostolion, Kefalonia, GreeceScouts at work in Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece. Four earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, destroying many buildings; the scouts helped with clearing up and humanitarian aid activities
Avro Tudor Mk. V G-AKCD William Dempster Ltd. LAPAvro Tudor 5s were built for BSa but never used as passenger airliners. Refitted as fuel tankers and used on the Berlin Airlift. G-AKCD was sold to William Dempster Ltd