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Posted 2 years ago
DASPICKSTER
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A friend of mine and I were talking about a gas pump I scored on a pick recently when he told me about an old gas pump nozzle that he had saved from one of his fathers old gas stations from years ago. He brought it to me and I took it home and polished it up. It still has a lot of the original nickel plating on it. It's mainly made of solid brass.
It has MCDONALD DUBUQUE at the base of the nozzle on one side and 3/4 PL-980 and its' patent number on the other.
What I was wandering was when this was made. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.
Gas PumpsThe first gas pumps were built in the 1880's by the Bowser Company in Fort …