Picture No | 10934256 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | Gas bag omnibus in Edinburgh, WW1 |
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An 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. Coal-gas powered vehicles were used during the First World War in place of petrol which had become increasingly scarce.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 29 September, 1917 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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