The Old Bomb of Gasoline in Pesqueria Nuevo Leon MEXICO

in #english5 years ago

This antiquity caught our attention and we didn't hesitate to ask what it was?

It is located in the town of Hacienda Santa Maria La Floreña, community of Pesqueria Nuevo Leon, this Hacienda is one of the many communities that belong to our beautiful municipality, here, in this Hacienda as it is called or Santa Maria La Floreña, is a corner full of stories, is located about 20km from the head of the town

The Old Bomb of Gasoline its owner was a hacendado called Albino de la Garza who had great extension of lands and a store, this bomb gave service to the first automobiles that circulated by where it was the old road Monterrey to Matamoros, nowadays to that tramo of highway is called highway Pesquería-Ramones

The pump worked mechanically and by gravity, pumping with a lever carrying gasoline to the top where it was stored in a glass container that had marks of the amount of liters accumulated, when the level reached the desired amount, was poured by a hose very similar to those of current gas stations, emptying it in the car or in some container that the customer carried

The ring at the top of the pump was for the advertising of the fuel distribution company, e.g. Pemex, Exxon, Chevron etc.

Pesquería Nuevo León MÉXICO

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