Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Pre-fabricated gas station, Culver City, California, US 1977 Filling station in Argos, Greece. A filling station (also known as a gas station or petrol station ) is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold are gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel.
Wawa, Inc. (/ w ɑː w ɑː / WAH-WAH) is an American chain of convenience stores and gas stations originating in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and located along the East Coast of the United States, operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, West Virginia and Georgia.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Dodge hired Milwaukee architect Alexander C. Eschweiler to design eye-catching stations. [2] Inspired by Japanese culture, which was popular at the turn of the century, he created Wadham's signature pagoda. [2] As well as a prime example of Japonism, the design was one of the earlier examples of architecture forging a brand identity. [citation ...
[9] [10] The stores were open every day, including holidays, and did not sell fuel at first. [11] Kwik Trip added new stores in the Eau Claire area in the following years and added gasoline in 1970. [12] The first La Crosse location opened in 1971, and in 1973, a distribution center was built and the headquarters moved to La Crosse.
GasBuddy is a technology company headquartered in Dallas that offers mobile applications and websites for tracking crowd-sourced locations and prices of gas stations and convenience stores in the United States and Canada. Their platforms offer information sourced from users, gas station operators, and partner companies.