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Community peat diggings, North Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2011

The Culture The English Destroyed, c1934. Illustration showing a Roman kitchen in the 5th century AD, with a pump for drawing water up from a well

A Novel Method of Coaling at the port of Yokohama, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Gas generator device that is installed in automobiles to produce fuel gas as fuel. Exhibition 2000 years of Technology

Regular bus at the stop of the bar Sport in Santa Coloma de Farners (Girona), on a postcard from 1940

Carts outside the Sundial public house, Goswell Road, London, 1900
Carts outside the Sundial public house, 82-88 Goswell Road, London, 1900. Horse-drawn carts laden with sacks of coal pass in front of the Sundial and warehouses

Below there!, Cries of London, 1828. Artist: Engelmann, Graf, Coindet and Company
Below there! View of a coalman bent double as he removes a heavy sack of coal from his cart. From Cries of London, 1828

Small Coale, Cries of London, (c1688?). Artist: Pierce Tempest
Small Coale, (c1688?). A coal seller, carrying a large sack over his shoulder. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Wooding Up On The Mississippi, pub. 1863, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Unloading Coal into Barges, 1910. Artist: William Lionel Wyllie
Unloading Coal into Barges, 1910. From The British Isles in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. D.Lit. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1910]

Loading Coal with Cranes, 1910. From The British Isles in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. D.Lit. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1910]

Pneumatic Tube Transport system at at Duckmanton Colliery stores near Chesterfield, 1962
Administration staff check stock levels for the stores at Duckmanton Colliery near Chesterfield, 28 December 1962. Comunication was via Capsule Pipelines where the paperwork was sent via

The Stores at Duckmanton Colliery near Chesterfield, 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
A warehouseman checks heavy machinery for the extraction of the coal before being sent underground in the Stores at Duckmanton Colliery near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 28 December 1962

Manvers coal preparation plant, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956
Manvers coal preparation plant, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, November 1956. Coke being pushed down the incline into the quenching pit

Press advertisment for British Coal, May 1966. Artist: Michael Walters
Press advertisment for British Coal, May 1966. In a photograph taken for a press ad, a couple sit in front of their modern built-in fire

Manvers Main coke ovens, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Photograph taken for a cover image for the NCB Coal Quarterly Magazine

Spraying the ovens at Manvers coking works near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. An industrial spraying machine can be seen with a worker spraying the refractory linings in the ovens at the works

Spraying refractory linings at Manvers coking works, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Two workers with a machine spraying the refractory linings in the ovens at the works

NCB solid fuel promotion, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
NCB solid fuel promotion, 1967. In response to the Gas Boards promotions for their cleaner more efficient product, the National Coal Board (NCB) undertook a campain to promote their own product

Overview of the rail yard at Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. The colliery, the buildings of which can be seen in the background, opened in 1927 but closed in 1994

Steam loco no 65794 hauling coal from Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. Artist
Steam loco no 65794 hauling coal from Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963

Steam loco no 65811 hauling coal from Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. Artist
Steam loco no 65811 hauling coal from Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. The driver looks out from the footplate. The locomotive bears the livery of the British Railways Company

Final adjustments to a rail truck hauling coal from Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. The colliery opened in 1927 and eventually closed in 1994

Rail trucks loaded with coal leaving Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. Artist
Rail trucks loaded with coal leaving Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. A common sight during the 1960s and 1970s was to see rail trucks loaded with coal

A rail truck being loaded with coal, Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. Artist
A rail truck being loaded with coal, Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. The rail system was vital to the coal industry to distribute its product

The Stokehold of a Battleship, 1914. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]

The bath is a large barrel with charcoal stove. Frequently out of doors, c1900, (1921). Artist: Julian Leonard Street
The bath is a large barrel with charcoal stove. Frequently out of doors, c1900, (1921). From Mysterious Japan, by Julian Street. [Doubleday, Page & Company, New York & Toronto, 1921]

Motor Fuel Ration Book, c1973. A fuel ration book of the like issued by the British government to combat petrol shortages during the 1973 Oil Crisis

The Shop for Bargains, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Shop for Bargains, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

The St Louis Robin refuelling, c1929 (c1937). An endurance flight of over 420 hours was made in 1929 by the St Louis Robin, shown here being refuelled during flight

A Gendun Turf Slide, c1903. Artist: Robert John Welch
A Gendun Turf Slide, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Benzole recovery plant, 1938. Benzole was a product extracted from coal tar consisting mainly of a mixture of Benzene and Toluene. It was added to petrol and used as a motor fuel

Charcoal bearers on the road to Peking, China, late 19th or early 20th century

Gasworks by the Regents Canal, London, c1830. Artist: A McClatchie
Gasworks by the Regents Canal, London, c1830. A barge on the Regents Canal passing in front of a gasworks. The Regents Canal, connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse

The Coal Hole

Steamer coaling, Port Said, Egypt, 20th century. Port Said is a fuelling station for ships passing through the Suez Canal

Coaling the Pacific mail SS Siberia, at the fortified naval station of Nagasaki, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Advert for Pratts Ethyl Petrol, c1928

Red Line petrol advert, 1929. A print from the London Opinion, Christmas, 1929

Snake Catcher and Charcoal Girl, Martinique, c1890. From Universal Geography, Maps & Illustrations, Vol XXXIV, Virtue & Co Limited, (London, c1890)

Christ Church and Coal Staith, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1829. Artist: T Owen
Christ Church and Coal Staith, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1829. An early steam locomotive hauls a train of coal wagons across a bridge, observed by onlookers

Soldiers convoying coal carts during the strike, Sheffield, c1920. Illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Steelworks, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
Steelworks, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Coal and iron production, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
Coal and iron production, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

A mining centre, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
A mining centre, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Fuel maker, 20th century

The Distress in the West Ireland: Bringing in Fuel from the Hills near Kylemore, 19th century

Chinese miners, California, 19th century. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
Chinese miners, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

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