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The
Tower Conoco, a sort of Taj Mahal of Texas
gas stations, was built in 1935 when times were hard. Situated
at an important intersection of former Route
66 and Highway 83, it would’ve been the first ‘foreign’ station
encountered by Oklahomans heading west on their famous exodus from
the Dust Bowl.
The station has recently been restored and is now one of the more
famous artifacts on old
66 (currently Interstate 40). |
A closer
view of the immaculately restored Conoco pumps at the Tower Conoco
station.
Photo courtesy Noel
Kerns, January 2008 |
Photographer's
Note:
"Restored by the city of Shamrock,
the magnificent art-deco “Tower” Conoco Station in Shamrock, Texas
looks exactly as it did during it’s heyday, complete with the U Drop
Inn Café signage at the right side of the photo. Sadly, the old station
no longer sells gas or food; it’s now the Chamber of Commerce building
for the city of Shamrock."
- Noel
Kerns, January 2008
See Resurrecting
the Ghost of Route 66 - From Shamrock to Amarillo |
| A watercolor
/ lithograph of the Tower Conoco Station by famed watercolorist Dana
Forrester. |
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The beautiful
Tower Conoco station in Shamrock, Texas was used as the inspiration
for “Ramone’s Body Shop” in the Disney/Pixar movie “Cars”. |
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