Petrol Collection (page 5)

LCC-LFB motorised pump at hose drills, Southwark HQ
Working in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, firefighters getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump

Brigade Command Unit at the scene of oil refinery fire
Brigade Command Unit at the scene of an oil refinery fire, Buncefield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

LCC-LFB Pump escape at Southwark HQ
The pump escape and crew at drill in the station yard of Brigade Headquarters at Southwark, SE1. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines led to the development of both self propelled

LCC-LFB Early motorised fire engine
This machine was one of the early self-propelled petrol motor fire engines used by the LFB. It was made by Merryweather and Sons Limited

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Plaistow
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Hatfield petrol self-propelled fire pump
The Hatfield petrol pump was the first petrol driven fire engine in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump. Two of these machines were introduced into London in 1908

LCC-LFB Clerkenwells emergency tender
Emergency tender belonging to Clerkenwell fire station. The ET was primarily a means of providing firefighters with breathing apparatus and illumination at incidents

LCC-LFB Merryweather Hatfield fire engine
An LFB firefighting crew on a motorised steam pump. The motorised age came to the London Fire Brigade at Southwark in September 1909

Self-propelled fire engine at LCC-LFB Southwark HQ
The Hatfield motor pump was the first petrol driven engine appliance in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump

LCC-MFB petrol driven motor tender
This chain transmission driven first-aid tender carried the first small water tank which operated under pressure of carbon dioxide gas

LCC-LFB Merryweather chain-driven Hatfield pump
A chain-driven Hatfield type pump. Note the chain drive to the rear wheel axle. This was one of four such pumps that the Brigade purchased from Merryweather of Greenwich

LCC-LFB horse drawn steamer at drill, Southwark HQ

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

Royal Navy B class submarines in harbour
B class submarines moored together. One of which is B11, which won a Victoria Cross in the First World War for carrying out a successful attack on the Turkish battleship Mesudiye in the Dardanelles

Royal Navy submarines moored in Dover harbour, c. 1910. c. 1910

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

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

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

Paris Commune Defeated
Government forces suppress the Commune : fighting on the housetops in the Faubourg Poisonniere. Anyone with a gun or a can of petrol in their hands is summarily shot. Date: 1871

Refuelling by Basket

Petrol tanks burning, Constanza Harbour, Romania, WW1
Petrol tanks burning in Constanza Harbour, Romania, during the First World War. The harbour was evacuated by the Romanians on 22 October 1916. Date: October 1916

Burning petroleum wells, Buzau, Romania, WW1
Burning petroleum wells at Buzau (Buzeu), Romania, during the First World War. Date: 1916

Advert for Pratts original spirit (petrol), 1926, London Date: 1926

Advert for Pratts perfection spirit (petrol), 1925, London Date: 1925

L48, the first six cylinder racing car, outside the new Acton Napier Motor Works Date: 1904

Two cylinder Napier Brougham model, briefly produced between 1903-1904 Date: 1903

E1, the first 6 cylinder engine, in T20 chassis Date: 1903

1900 Double Phaeton 8 horse power with owner Derek Grossmark Date: 1958

40 / 50 Napier T chassis, 1921 Saloon
40/50 Napier T chassis, 1921 Saloon, with bodywork by Maythorne and Son Ltd Date: 1921

Firat Napier car, G20 model of 1900, driven bys F Edge

T75, Motor chassis with Maythorne and Sons Ltd bodywork
T75, final production motor chassis with Maythorne and Sons Ltd bodywork - side view Date: 1920

T75 chassis Date: 1919

1915 Colonial Tourer, 20 horse power, J W Franklin Date: 1958

1912 Open Tourer, 15 horse power, Lord Bruce Date: 1958

1909 Cabriolet 30 horse power, D Grossmark Date: 1958

Napier motor carriage Date: 1910

Racing car, Gordon Bennett Napier, 16 horse power with a 4 cylinder engine, 1901 Date: 1901

1909 Limousine, A I Read Date: 1958

1908 Tourer, 60 horse power, 6 cylinder engine Date: 1958

1907 Landaulette 40 horse power, H W Ardran Date: 1958

2-cylinder Napier 2 1 / 2-litre petrol engine
First engine, 1899 aluminium crankcase 2-cylinder Napier 2 1/2-litre petrol engine. Date: 1899

Small country Automobile Garage
A pump attendant stands by the petrol pump at this local country garage

Biplane bomber with crew and arabs in the desert, Iraq
A biplane bomber in the desert, with crew and arabs resting in the shade of the wings, somewhere in Iraq. Cans of fuel can be seen spread out on the ground

Car outside John O Groats Hotel, Scotland
A car with two passengers, a woman at the wheel and an elderly man in the back, sits outside the John O Groats Hotel in Scotland. A petrol pump can be seen on the far right

Mule transports Kerosene in Iraq
Iraq - a mule is used to transport wooden cases of Palm Tree refined petroleum (kerosene), manufactured by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

Filling large fuel barrels - Hackney Wick
A factory employee checks progress as large barrels are filled with fuel oil at Hackney Wick, London

Air and Petrol test - Hackey Wick
Female employees at the BP works at Hackney Wick, London perform an air and petrol test

Sealing Cans - Hackney Wick

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