Petrified Wood Gas Station - Lamar, Colorado
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Big B Bob
N 38° 05.666 W 102° 37.211
13S E 708687 N 4218967
A gas station made of wood... petrified wood.
Waymark Code: WM6K5D
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2009
Views: 23
Hoping to sidetrack tourists traveling along US 287 on their way through Lamar, Colorado to the Rocky Mountains, lumber dealer W. G. Brown built a one-of-a-kind petrified wood gas station in 1932.
Flame-resistant and fireproof, the structure is made entirely of 175,000,000-year-old petrified wood and is still a sight to be seen. "Ripley's Believe It or Not" claims it's the only such structure in the world. It even says so on the front of the building :
"Believe It or Not" Ripley
PETRIFIED WOOD BUILDING
Built of wood turned to stone
150000000 YRS OLD W. G. Brown OWNER
The largest piece of wood used in the station weights in at 3,200 hundred pounds. The building walls and floors are constructed of large pieces of petrified wood too.
The station became a tire store in 1962 and now is a tire store and a used car lot. If only the cars would last as long as the building!
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Weekday Hours: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
Weekend Hours: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
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