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Selasa, 31 Maret 2015

Bennett Service Station, East South Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT..

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/353785941367129/?fref=nf

Jumat, 27 Maret 2015

Scuderia Ferrari

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Senin, 23 Maret 2015

1920's gas station refurbished into a coffee shop

at 5th and Elm St in Calumet Michigan

Found on http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2013/01/from-petrol-to-coffee/

Kamis, 19 Maret 2015

restoration of a 1930's Texaco in Decatur Il

There are several pages that show how this neglected service station was brought from the edge of abandoned neglect to primo condition in every way, but there is a terrific slide show at http://www.decaturtexaco.com/the-transformation.html that you just push the forward button to see all sides and interior areas compared in a before and after. http://www.decaturtexaco.com/the-transformation.html

The forest green roof and white color scheme is period perfect, researched by Nims and corroborated by ancient paint chips uncovered during the restoration. The cute colored advertising globe lights on little parapets adorning the roof have been put back in place, and a stained glass light-up Texaco star over the entrance shines out proudly after it was fabricated to match a missing original.

The big Texaco hanging sign crowning the forecourt is an original that Nims hunted up online, and the 14-foot fluted metal pole it hangs from were commissioned for the purpose. Matching 10-foot light poles — two at the front, two at the back — of the 80-foot-long forecourt were another re-created touch.

The 1,200-square-foot-building features work bays at the east and west ends with a little office in the middle flanked by a bathroom small enough to fit comfortably inside a Toyota Prius; hard-working auto service guys in the 1930s clearly weren’t meant to park themselves in the restrooms for extended periods. The work areas are lit by 6-by-6-foot windows that let vast quantities of daylight drive through the interior.

“There are over 300 panes of glass in this building, I do know that,” says Nims, 62. “I had to replace them all.”

Info and star photo from a big article on http://herald-review.com/news/local/effort-to-restore-a-s-gas-station-adds-fuel-to/article_b1b0cab2-1c39-11e2-87e4-001a4bcf887a.html

Jumat, 13 Maret 2015

overcoming a power out caused by a hurricane

On September 21, 1938 a hurricane roared north, slamming the U.S. Northeast coast with 120-mile-an-hour winds and a storm surge that left parts of Providence Rhode Island, under nearly 14 feet of water.

88% of the New England Power Association's customers had no electric service—including this New London, Connecticut, gas station.

Hundreds of automobiles were stalled for lack of fuel on New England roads until this youngman came up with a brilliant solution

Photo from https://www.facebook.com/Asliceofworldhistory?ref=stream via https://www.facebook.com/groups/353785941367129/

Minggu, 08 Maret 2015

The redwood stump gas station is still around, and now also has a museum

At Ukiah California, the "World's Largest" Redwood tree service station is located on Highway 101 in North Ukiah, California, and has proven a mecca for tourists since 1936. Over 1,500 years old, this tree was carefully selected from a grove of monster Redwoods 17 miles west of Ukiah, quartered and reassembled in its present location. http://www.rwtukiah.com/aboutus.htm

The office is one trunk, and each of the two restrooms are also large trunks. Inside of the main trunk are a few odds of ends of old gas station, and the original gas pumps are still out front.

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