Old Fuel Pump - Black and White 2 is a photograph by Kaye Menner which was uploaded on May 23rd, 2013.
Old Fuel Pump - Black and White 2
**ACHIEVED SHARED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - 'Abandoned Gas Stations', March 2015.... more
by Kaye Menner
Title
Old Fuel Pump - Black and White 2
Artist
Kaye Menner
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Hdr, Black & White
Description
**ACHIEVED SHARED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - 'Abandoned Gas Stations', March 2015.
Spotted and captured this old fuel pump in the main street of an old New South Wales town called Bowraville. Processed in HDR with vignette for antique effect.
Sylvanus Freelove Bowser (8 August 1854 - 3 October 1938) was an American inventor who is widely credited with inventing the automobile fuel pump. Bowser Avenue in his hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana is named after him.
Bowser marketed his patented kerosene pump starting in 1885. The introduction of automobiles, mainly powered by gasoline, led him to develop it into the "Self-Measuring Gasoline Storage Pump", launched in 1905.
Bowser's invention operated with a manual suction pump, which dispensed the gasoline into the car through a flexible hose. The 50-gallon metal storage tank, housed in a wooden cabinet, could be set up at the curbside in front of a store.
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May 23rd, 2013