This pump was manufactured by Tokheim, first of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1918 relocated to Fort Wayne, Indiana. This Texaco Fire Chief pump would have been made post 1947, most likely in the 1950s. Restored and repainted, it is in essentially the same condition as it would have been just rolling off the assembly line.
Opened on July 2, 1871, the Montana State Prison at Deer Lodge housed its fair share of criminal types in the century plus that it was operational. Retired as a prison in the late 1970s, the complex has been opened to the public as a museum.
The prison was built in stages over many years, mostly by the convicts themselves, a good example of "hard labour". The present cell block was built in 1896, the prison wall was extended north in 1911 and a 400-man cell block built within in 1912, a theatre was built in 1918-1919, the administration building in 1930-1931, and dormotories, a storage building and a visitor centre were built between 1910 and 1930. A maximum security building, also used as a women's ward was built circa 1918.
Tokheim began in an Iowa hardware store more than a century ago. Merchant John J. Tokheim was searching for a way to improve the method of dispensing gasoline. In
1898, he invented ‘Tokheim Dome Oil Pump’ to do the job. The popularity of his invention led to organizing the Tokheim Manufacturing Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in
1901. In
1918 the company was purchased and relocated to Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1947: End of sales in 5-litre multiples! The first mechanical measurers and calculators appear, enabling the price to be calculated according to the volume dispensed. From now on, any volume can be delivered.
From Tokheim