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Re: Gas Station Preservation
From:
Lawrence Kestenbaum <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - Dwell time 5 minutes.
Date:
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:14:11 -0400
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On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, John Callan wrote:

> There are a number of museums dealing with the oil industry,
> transportation and related issues, but I'm not familiar with a specific
> gas station going all out.  There's a FLW gas station largely intact in
> Northern Minnesota,

It's in Cloquet, Minnesota, about 30 miles west of Duluth, and it's worth
going out of your way to see, if it's still there.

> The
> shame is that there are so many fruit stands and reused buildings out there
> that are clearly early 20th century gas stations, which are being lost.

Ann Arbor has designated a 1920s gas station (now a flower shop) as a
local landmark.

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]

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