Regional Van Fleet - 1960‘s
 
Barnstaple Gasworks - 1955
 
Gas Cooker Advertisement - 1940
 
Main Laying Gang - 1940‘s

Introduction
The NGA has a unique photographic collection comprising almost 500,000 images. This forms an extremely good documentary record of the gas industry in the United Kingdom with images ranging from nineteenth century gas showrooms through to exploration and production activities in the North Sea in the 1990's.

Arrangement of the Collection
The photographic collection is organised geographically by the twelve regions (or Area Gas Boards) that came into being as a result of the 1948 Gas Act. Within this:

• Photographs prior to 1948 (pre-nationalisation), are arranged according to the 1,064 individual gas undertakings that existed at this time ; and
• Photographs post 1948 are arranged according to the 12 Regions.

All twelve Regions are represented within the overall collection, however, some collections are much stronger than others.

The overall collection contains images illustrating the many different facets of the gas industry. Categories of images include:

• Technical (includes all distribution and production photos)
• Aerial & general views of gasworks sites
• Gas Industry Personnel
• Transport
• Gas Appliances & Retail (includes photo's of showrooms, displays etc)
• Equipment used in the industry (tools, machinery etc)