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The automobile was already a common sight in the streets of St. Louis when, in 1905, Harry Grenner and Clem Laessig founded the Automobile Gasoline Company.<\/p>\n

The terms of the company charter are indicative: kerosene is not even mentioned there. It focuses instead on the retail sale of gasoline in keeping with the times, using equipment conceived expressly for automobiles.<\/p>\n

The fuel was dispensed from a raised cylindrical tank oriented vertically, equipped with a glass indicator for measuring the liquid level.<\/p>\n

The apparatus also included a filter and, naturally, a valve for regulating the flow of the gasoline, which arrived by way of a flexible hose whose end was inserted into the car’s gas tank.<\/p>\n

The company succeeded in establishing around forty distribution stations, with the principal storage facility serving as headquarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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