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This is a list of historic filling stations and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. Many of these in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The history of gasoline started around the invention of internal combustion engines suitable for use in transportation applications. The so-called Otto engines were developed in Germany during the last quarter of the 19th century. The fuel for these early engines was a relatively volatile hydrocarbon obtained from coal gas.
In some regions of Canada, the term "gas bar" (or "gasbar") is used. In the rest of the English-speaking world the fuel is known as "petrol". As a result, the term "petrol station" or "petrol pump" is used in the United Kingdom. In Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa "garage" and "forecourt" are still commonly used.
In 1923, Pure Oil decided to establish a uniform style for its gas stations. E.C. Miller, a Columbus, Ohio architect, was hired to design a standard type of station, which was then produced by the Edwards Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati in prefabricated kits. His design was classical in nature, with a gently sloping roof, wide eaves, and ...
The station ultimately cost $20,000 – roughly four times the cost of the average filling station at the time. [2] The station opened in 1958 under Lindholm's name; it later became a Phillips 66 station. [3] Its construction was only a partial success for Wright, as his vision of the gas station as a social center never took hold. [4]
American drivers had it rough back in 1981. The average price of gasoline spiked to $1.353 a gallon that year -- up from $1.221 in 1980 and more than double the price just three years earlier....
The Meadville Corporation was an oil company based in Haverford, Pennsylvania.It was founded in 1930 [1] in Elizabeth, New Jersey. [2] Fuel was sold at retail gas stations under the brand name "Merit", the logo consisting of a red "M" with the right vertical support cut off.
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