Fuel Collection (page 9)

Seaham Harbour, County Durham, is an important port for the coal mining areas of Durham. The South Hetton railway line with trucks heaped with coal can be seen running down to the sea

Leviathan refueling
The fuel ship British Councillor bunkering (refueling) the large liner Leviathan. The second of a trio of transatlantic liners built by Germanys Hamburg America Line as the SS Vaterland for

Woman making mudbricks - Madhya Pradesh - India
Scene in a village Madhya Pradesh Province, India with a woman making waht appear to be mudbricks, although these could be roofing tiles or dung fuel (?). Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Coaling a Royal Mail steam packet at Kingston, Jamaica
Scene at the harbour in Kingston, Jamaica, showing lines a women carrying baskets of coal on their heads on board a Royal Mail steam packet ship

Oil Pipelines - Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea
A row of eight oil pipelines at the Llandarcy BP Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales

Tembi Pumping Station
A new BP oil pumping station was erected in the early 1920s on the left bank of the Tembi River in Iran to separate it from the main power station for the oil fields on the other bank

Petrol Pump and Pump Attendant
BP Petrol Pump and Pump Attendant

Loading Rail Tank Wagons - Llandarcy, Wales
Loading BP Rail Tank Wagons - at the BP oil refinery at Llandarcy, Swansea, Wales

Oil Spring - Iraq
An oil spring in Iraq. Two British men are taking a great interest in the site

Gas Absorbtion Plant - Iraq
Gas Absorbtion Plant - industrial buildings and plant relating to BPs oil exploration in Iraq

Primitive Oil Refinery in Iraq or Iran

Coal gas Motorcycle
Motorcycle and side car with children passengers, driven by coal gas during World War I

The Grand Market - Tangiers, Morocco

Morocco - Tangiers - Fuel Market

Vintage Petrol Tanker in New South Wales, Australia

Manure Dryers / Collectors - Madras, India
Indian manure collectors and dryers. The manure was collected off the streets, worked into brickettes, dried in the sun and then sold for fuel in place of wood and coal to the local populace

Anglo-Persian Oil-Fields
A panoramic view of the central area of oil-fields in Persia (modern-day Iran) showing the offices of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

Oil Pipe on a Navy Ship
A storing place for the " new" fuel for the navy: an oil tank showing the pipe through which the liquid fuel flows

Illustrations of chimneys and stoves taken from the exhibiti
The International Smoke Abatement Exhibition at South Kensington. Sketches showing innovations in the fuel industry

German submarines getting supplies
An illustration by H. W. Koekkoek to suggest how German submarines re-fuelled. With increased activity by German submarines, there was some speculation about this matter

Confederate Army Winter Quarters, Rapidan; American Civil Wa
The winter quarters of the left wing of the Confederate army, on the Rapidan. The Confederate army cut down most of the surrounding trees for use as fuel and heating during the winter

British Tankers Sunk
Italian bombers destroy a British tanker carrying essential fuel to the Allied forces in North Africa

Peat Fields / Somerset
Wedmore, Somerset. The peat is cut in squares, then slabs and then stacked into round stacks to dry. This takes about 2 months and then it is ready for fuel

Crowded Trains
Due to shortage of materials and fuel, trains are so overcrowded that even their roofs are laden with passengers

Oil Lamp Advert
A lady lights an oil lamp using Saxoleine, the safe and odourless fuel

Charcoal Porters Fight
Two charcoal porters engaged in a brawl are kept apart by an oyster seller. Other porters, drinkers and a dog look on in alarm, humour and indifference

Triplex Kitchen Grate
A kitchen, complete with Triplex grate, which has separate heating compartments

Worcestershire garage and owner before a fire
Worcestershire garage and seated owner surrounded by oils, engine treatments and lubricants. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Mid-Ocean Landing Pads
Long-distance aircraft will stop off at mid-ocean landing platforms to re-fuel

Advert / Ethyl Petrol 1933
Ethyl motor fuel - helps to make your old car last longer

Bassinoire of C17
A bassinoire (warming pan) : it is filled with hot coals and slipped between the bedsheets to do the same job as the hot water bottle

STOVE, 1851
Stove and fender by Stuart and Smith of Sheffield, exhibited at the Crystal Palace

Lemaire Revolving Grate
Revolving stove-grate by Godin Lemaire of Guise - featured at the 1867 exposition

Pugin-Designed Stove
Stove in the medieval style designed by Augustus Pugin and constructed by Hardiman of Birmingham

Ornamental Fireplace
Ornamental fireplace with flower-decorated tiles to the sides and in front

Coaling a Battleship
Vast quantities of coal are required to keep the worlds navies operating : purpose- built coal supply ships carry the coal to a fuel-hungry warship of the Royal Navy

Short Mayo / Mercury
Flying-boat Maia takes off with Mercury on its back, then releases the seaplane, which has not had to expend valuable fuel to get airborne so has a much greater range

German Rocket Experiment
German rocket experiments on a windswept spit of land - filling the device with its chemical fuel

Servall Grate
When the days cooking is done, Dad sits beside his coal-burning Servall grate - the top bit opened out as an oven for the little woman to do her cooking

Motor Cycle Tanks 2
MOTOR CYCLE TANKS - 2 The fuel tank is the most distinctive feature of the machine, each manufacturer adopting his own colour and style. Here are 16 of them

Motor Cycle Tanks 1
MOTOR CYCLE TANKS - 1 The fuel tank is the most distinctive feature of the machine, each manufacturer adopting his own colour and style. Here are 16 of them

Domestic Wind Power
The VENTIMOTOR, a British invention, supplies domestic power from the Natural Power of the Wind - Give it wind and it works - no fuel bill, no labour-bill, no repairs

Gathering Peat
Gathering peat for fuel, in the highlands of Scotland

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