Flying Saucer Gas Stations
In a previous post we looked at Soviet bus stops. It turns out that the Soviet era produced some weird gas stations as well. In particular, the flying saucer gas stations of Kyiv.
They looked cool, and made it so that one didn't need to worry about which side of the car the fuel tank was on.
But they had a tendency to leak fuel from overhead and had high maintenance costs. So they were eventually abandoned.
More info: Rare Historical Photos; Design You Trust
They looked cool, and made it so that one didn't need to worry about which side of the car the fuel tank was on.
But they had a tendency to leak fuel from overhead and had high maintenance costs. So they were eventually abandoned.
More info: Rare Historical Photos; Design You Trust
Comments
I sure hope the nozzle went down to car roof level when the customer paid. Imagine small men and regular women having to jump to grab the damn thing, climbing on the roof of their car, and grabbing the wrong one.
Posted by Yudith on 08/09/24 at 05:06 AM
Category: Architecture | Cars