#Bestof2022 #Keystone: Altoona survives 100 years of pumping gas. Salena Zito, SalenaZito.com
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#Bestof2022 #Keystone: Altoona survives 100 years of pumping gas. Salena Zito, SalenaZito.com
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2022/04/24/electric-vehicles-oldest-gas-station-charging-reighards-altoona-salena-zito/stories/202204240036
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| 0:50.2 | of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Rhygres Gas and Oil. |
| 0:55.4 | We go to Rhygres Gas and Ryle Station not because we need a fill-up, |
| 0:59.4 | but because this is the story of America coming of age in the early 20th century, |
| 1:05.0 | needing gas stations for the horseless carriages, |
| 1:09.2 | A.K.A. automobile cars that dominated the 20th century. |
| 1:14.0 | Now in the 21st century, there is under consideration by the National Government, |
| 1:18.6 | the state government, the county government, |
| 1:20.8 | maintaining those automobiles, but no longer using gas or gasoline or diesel fuel, |
| 1:26.8 | but using the electric vehicles that are constructed magically. |
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