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The first Phillips 66 service station built in Texas opened on July 27, 1928, on the corner of 5th Street and Main in Turkey, Texas. In January 2019, this Phillips 66 service station in Turkey was recognized by the Texas Historical Commission as a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark, and a Marker Dedication Ceremony to unveil the State ...
A filling station attendant or gas station attendant (also known as a gas jockey in the US and Canada [1] [2]) is a worker at a full-service filling station who performs services other than accepting payment. Tasks usually include pumping fuel, cleaning windshields, and checking vehicle oil levels.
A list of gas station chains in Canada: Canadian Tire Petroleum (Canadian Tire Gas+) – over 300 stations across Canada; most located next to Canadian Tire retail stores or at service centres such as ONRoute; Chevron Corporation – under license by Parkland Corporation (British Columbia, Alberta) Domo Gasoline – 80 stations in western Canada
Golden Fleece was an Australian brand of petroleum products and service stations operated by Harold Sleigh and Company, a business founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1893 by shipowner and merchant Harold Crofton Sleigh (1867–1933) and manufacturer and shipowner John McIlwraith (1828–1902).
A service station or "servo" is the terminology often used in Australia, along with petrol station, to describe any facility where motorists can refuel their cars. In New Zealand a filling station is often referred to as a service station, petrol station or garage, even though it may not offer mechanical repairs or assistance with dispensing fuel.
The distinctive red-on-yellow Whiting Brothers signage and billboards date to 1926, the year U.S. Route 66 was designated across the southwestern United States.The father of the four Whiting brothers was a lumberyard owner, [6] leaving the family well placed to construct small, simple stations at little cost with one or two pumps and a six-foot-tall roadside billboard at various points on the ...
Wadham's Oil and Grease Company of Milwaukee was a chain of filling and service stations that operated in the early 20th century and was headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company's refinery was in Indiana. The company was headed by Harger W. Dodge, who assumed leadership from his father-in-law in 1916.
A Tudor revival building constructed in 1931 by William Sprague to house a service station, restaurant and garage, it is the largest of three remaining two-story fuel station buildings on US 66, originally housing a café and service station on the main floor plus two second-floor apartments for the owner and the station attendant.