Fuel Collection (page 7)

Harbour scene with seagulls
A harbour scene with fishing boats and seagulls. A Shell-Mex BP vehicle is parked on the right

Car with contraption on the back
A car with luggage on the roof rack and a large contraption (possibly holding extra fuel) fixed to the back

Madras fuel tanks on fire, WWI
Oil tanks of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company, on fire in Madras (now Chennai), India

Smoke from shelled fuel tanks in Madras
Thick black smoke pouring from shelled fuel tanks in Madras (now Chennai), India, hit by the German light cruiser SMS Emden in World War One. Date: 22nd September 1914

Anglo-Persian Oil fuel tanks burning in Madras
Anglo-Persian Oil, a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company, fuel tanks (agents Shaw Wallace) burning in Madras (now Chennai), India

Womens Royal Air Force -- Coal Fatigue
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing two women on Coal Fatigue, ie shovelling coal. Date: 1919-1920

Steam engine and tender on a railway track
A steam engine and tender on a railway track outside a shed

Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis
Series of illustrations showing the workings of the Pluto ( Pipe Line Under The Ocean ) pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during

Gloster Mars I, G-EAXZ, in its Gloster I form where the ?
Gloster Mars I, G-EAXZ, in its Gloster I form where the fuel tank was housed internally to improve the pilot?s view and the wings were rebuilt

Advertisement for National Derv transport fuel -- group of bus conductors and drivers enjoying a tea break. 1959

Bustenari Oilfield, Romania
Bustenari Oilfield, Prahova County, Romania. Date: circa 1905

WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with alternative transport. Comic postcard from wartime England by Evelyn E Morris, showing alternative forms of transport available if the petrol pumps ran dry

A Pair of Donkeys loaded with fuel, Cyprus Date: circa 1910s

A Burmese Oilfield - showing a vast forest of wooden drilling rigs. Date: circa 1910s

Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies - Oil Refineries at Pointe-a-Pierre Date: circa late 1930s

Christmas card in the shape of a coal scuttle. Date: circa 1890s

Col Roscoe Turner inspects the additional fuel tanks of the Boeing 247D, NR257Y, Warner Bros. Comet, prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race of October 1934

A Boeing KC-97G takes on fuel prior to a flight test at Renton

The first non-stop round-the-world flight in 1949
One of four refuelling contacts made on the first non-stop round-the-world flight in 1949, the Boeing B-50, Lucky Lady II, takes on fuel from a Boeing KB-29M

Guide for Sir Malcolm Campbells run
Marking the black line with diesel fuel oil as a guide for Sir Malcolm Campbells run - thirteen miles long

Coal

Coal, from the late carboniferous
Coal is formed from fossil plants. The regular pattern on the surface of this 14 cm long piece is the impression of the bark of a fossil tree; Lepidodendron

LCC-LFB early foam tender at Southwark with crew
An early foam tender at Southwark HQ with crew. The coming of the motor vehicle brought with it the consequent risks involving fires of petroleum

Cover design, Farman aviation brochure, promoting popular tourism and economical travel, showing a couple in Paris getting ready for a trip to Madrid. circa 1920

Save Power at Work - Help your Fuel Watcher
World War Two public information poster for the Ministry of Food & Power - Save Power at Work. " Hi! Don t leave that machine running idle! And turn off that Blue Pencil Light!" circa 1940s

Refilling engine tender during rail strike
During the rail strike a platform inspector and guards help to fill an engine tender with coal. 1911

Calor Gas Window display, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Window display promoting Calor Gas and other products at a hardware ironmongers shop in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1956

Shipping Shell Motor Spirit on board the Terra Nova at Sydney for the motor sledges used by Captain Scott during his 1911-12 Antarctic expedition

Poster: Save More Fuel This Winter
Poster encouraging people to Save More Fuel This Winter as part of the War Effort. circa 1940s

Petrol station
A Texaco Petrol pump in a built-up area, Landskrona, Sweden, 1930 Date: 1930

British monitor HMS Severn at Dover, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn with crew on deck, coaling up at Dover during the First World War. Date: 15 December 1914

Pratts Petrol station
Petrol pump with Pratts (Standard) petrol. Landskrona, Sweden 1932. Date: 1932

Huts of Charcoal Burners - Nevers
The conical huts of charcoal burners in the woods close to Nevers, France Date: 1903

Fuel Market, Basra, Iraq - WWI era
Fuel Market, Basra, Iraq - a British officer is being ferried down the Shatt al Arab waterway (which eventually feeds out into the Persian Gulf) in some style Date: circa 1917

Aircraft refuelling at Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the time Gander was one of the worlds largest airports due to its position as a refuelling station for transatlantic flights. Date: 1929

Gulf petrol station
The Gulf filling station, Trelleborg 1955. Date: 1955

British monitor HMS Severn at Harwich, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn with crew on deck, coaling up at Harwich during the First World War. Date: 12 December 1914

Workmen laying an oil pipeline in Persia for the BP company. Date: circa 1925

Rue Royale Fires
Fires are started in parts of Paris, often by petroleuses - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871

Hamburg, Germany - Port Area (Steinhoft) Date: 1901

Peak Cavern
Cottages around the entrance to Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1930s

Nuclear Computer 1973
Inspection of nuclear reactor fuel element components at Springfields Laboratories : Close-up of the computerised measurement of the grids. Date: 1973

Oil derricks at Binagadi, north of Baku, Armenia, WW1
Oil derricks at Binagadi, north of Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War. August 1918

Fire in the Baku oilfields, Armenia, apparently caused by a lack of discipline over cigarette smoking. Date: early 20th century

Oiling and Coaling on land
Light labour and hard labour: oiling and coaling on land. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top image shows a torpedo boat taking in oil fuel through a hose linking her with a tank in

An oil transport ship
A carrier of the new fuel: the petroleum. An oil transport ship which can carry over 6000 tons of oil fuel. Date: 1910

Oiling and Coaling in mid-ocean
Bunkering at sea: oiling and coaling in mid-ocean. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top drawing show the simple

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