1930s Visible Glass Fuel Pump Model

A 1930s style visible-glass fuel pump. A square column with a panelled door stands on a plinth base, with a hand crank on one side and a hanging hose and nozzle on the other. Above it sits the tall glass measuring cylinder, shown with graduated rings and a vertical gauge rod between square caps, topped by a conical cap and a round globe with a finial. Visible pumps were common from the 1910s into the 1930s: the attendant pumped fuel up into the glass cylinder so the customer could see the amoun…

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