Sunday, 26 October 2025

1959 Port Harcourt Nigeria: The Shell-BP Trade School was opened in December 1958. Jan F.D. Van Joolen, training coordinator for the school and instructor in Automotive and Diesel, lectures students on Diesel theory, fuel injection and timing. The cutaway Diesel is a Davey Paxman 500 BHP 12-cylinder job. It is used in instruction because the same engine is used on drilling barges and rigs. Photo source © Eliot Elisofon for Life Magazine

1959 Port Harcourt Nigeria: The Shell-BP Trade School was opened in December 1958. Jan F.D. Van Joolen, training coordinator for the school and instructor in Automotive and Diesel, lectures students on Diesel theory, fuel injection and timing. The cutaway Diesel is a Davey Paxman 500 BHP 12-cylinder job. It is used in instruction because the same engine is used on drilling barges and rigs. Photo source © Eliot Elisofon for Life Magazine

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