For the first time, gasoline and other types of fuel, such as household gas, began to be sold in pharmacies, for the pharmacy's owner it was an additional source of income and was considered a side business. The first gas and gas station was a pharmacy in Wiesloch (Germany), where Berta Bentz, Karl Benz’s wife, filled the tank of the first car on which she made her first trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in 1888. In 2008, Bertha Benz installed a memorial plaque in memory of this event.
The first separately standing “stations for motorists” appeared in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century (there are mentions of 1907). The first Gas station consisted of one or two tanks standing on props, from each went hoses through which gasoline flowed by gravity into the tanks of cars. The real growth and development of gas stations began in the 1920s. The number of gas stations that a car could drive into increased from approximately 12,000 in 1921 to 143,000 in 1929. At the same time, gas stations were equipped with large signboards, restrooms, carports, and paved driveways. By the end of the 1920s. money was made not only on gasoline but also on the sale of tires, batteries and spare parts. He came into use and was widely adopted a new type of pump: gasoline went upstairs to the glass reservoir, so that the buyer could be convinced of its purity, and then through the hose into the gas tank of the car.
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