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The Pharmacy that Became the First Gas Station in History

A 90-kilometer journey in 1888 proved that the automobile could be the future of transportation - and unknowingly created the world's first gas station. The first gas station in the history of the automobile had no pumps, pipes, large tanks, illuminated signs or special facilities. In fact, it wasn't even a gas station. It was a pharmacy in the German town of Wiesloch, which went down in history thanks to a trip that took place in the summer of …
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A 90-kilometer journey in 1888 proved that the automobile could be the future of transportation - and unknowingly created the world's first gas station. The first gas station in the history of the automobile had no pumps, pipes, large tanks, illuminated signs or special facilities. In fact, it wasn't even a gas station. It was a pharmacy in the German town of Wiesloch, which went down in history thanks to a trip that took place in the summer of …

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