How You Can Save Fuel in the Foundry - Ten Rules for the Foundry Man
A text-only sheet lists ten rules for foundry workers under four headings (furnace, metal, coke, foundry), then states that the saving from 20 80 lb. furnaces in a year 'will release enough coal to make one tank or one Spitfire'. The tank and Spitfire figure and the slogan 'Save fuel for battle!' attach routine economy to weapons output, which is the transfer tell; the quantity is the poster's own claim and is not verified here.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Fuel and Power, printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wm. Brown & Co., Ltd., London
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Economy and finance, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Ministry of Fuel and Power, printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wm. Brown & Co., Ltd., London. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), World War II Foreign Posters, local identifier 44-PF-222.
Text on the object
HOW YOU CAN SAVE FUEL IN THE FOUNDRY TEN RULES FOR THE FOUNDRY MAN A THE FURNACE 1 Keep the flue clean. 2 Keep the cover airtight on the furnace. 3 Use the right size pots and keep them clean. B THE METAL 4 Melt as fast as possible. 5 Don't stew the metal. Put the empty pot back while still hot. Add the metal in time to be only just ready for pouring by the time the moulds are ready. C THE COKE 6 Use a single charge of coke for each heat. When the pot is taken out you should see the fire bars here and there through the hot coke. 7 Keep the coke heap tidy, and don't break the coke more than you can help. 8 Use smalls and slack from the coke heap and from the riddled ashes for the core stove or the boiler. D THE FOUNDRY 9 Keep the foundry neat and tidy. 10 Turn off lights, fans, gas and water when not in use. Be ready always to make or receive suggestions for saving fuel. REMEMBER, THE SAVING WE OUGHT TO MAKE FROM 20 80 LB. FURNACES IN A YEAR WILL RELEASE ENOUGH COAL TO MAKE ONE TANK OR ONE SPITFIRE SAVE FUEL FOR BATTLE! Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wm. Brown & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.3.-51-4510
