Pure Oil Pump - Millbrook, Alabama - Vintage Gasoline Pumps on Waymarking.com

The restaurant is located on Cobbs Ford Road, east of I-65. The pump is located by the right entrance. There is no indication of the age or source for the pump.

The plate on the base has "Guarantee Liquid Measure Co Rochester PA" The following information on that company comes from (visit link)

"Guarantee Liquid Measure Company
Rochester, Pennsylvania

Guarantee started in business around 1916 with the introduction of a pump called the “Guarantee Visible Pump.” Later pumps were called “Fry.” As early as September 1914, J.A. MacKenzie applied for a patent for a liquid measuring apparatus. This apparatus used water pressure to force the gasoline through a mechanism with positive stops. There was a thin gauge on the side numbered 1-10, but no visible container, as we know it. In 1917, MacKenzie did receive a patent for a water pressure pump with a glass visible container. In 1927, the company purchased the Marvel Pump Company, a manufacturer of oil and grease dispensers, and by 1928 the company name was changed to Fry Equipment Corporation (in honor of their long time president H.C. Fry). In addition to gas pumps and oil dispensers Fry also made a air meter. Sometime in 1928 the Wayne Pump Company of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, purchased the company."

Gasoline Brand: Pure Reproduction: no Location: Outside

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