Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Site of First Gas Station

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Address:
Baum St., Pittsburgh, PA
Directions:
On Baum St. north side, just east of St. Clair St.
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Site of First Gas Station
Historical marker where the station stood after it helped open vast road trip vistas in 1913. Pay your respects, unless you're driving an all-electric... Roadsideamerica.com Report... [01/26/2012]

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Site of First Gas Station

I live near here -- not much to see beside the roadside marker. There is a Shell station. It's close to the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and Whole Foods.

[Melissa, 01/26/2012]

Part of gas station history. Next stop, north to Titusville, where oil bubbled from the ground!

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