Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Site of First Gas Station
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- Address:
- Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA
- Directions:
- On Baum Blvd. north side, just east of St. Clair St.
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Historical marker where the drive-in filling 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]Visitor Tips and News About Site of First Gas Station
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The sponsor for the marker at the first drive-in filling station is the Gulfoil Historical Society. The station site is now the parking lot for an apartment building. Until a recent resurfacing, you could still see the cracks in the asphalt from the old concrete slabs.
[Bob Beck, 12/04/2013]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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In those pre-neon days, the canopy above the station was fitted with light bulbs that formed the outline of the words, "Good Gulf Gasoline."