Wayne Petrol Pump, late 1950's.

Wayne Petrol Pump, built in late 1950's by Wayne Fuelling Systems in Texas, United States.

A type of self-measuring pumping station developed by Wayne Fuelling Systems, the designed of which was leased to the Steuart Petroleum Company based in Washington D.C, making Wayne Fuelling Systems the area's largest supplier of oil, lubricants and fuel.

This pump was developed during an era characterised by the massive a expansion of the global automobile industry in the aftermath of the Second World War, and the boom of the gas and oil industries which facilitated an period of ‘cheap petrol’. The Wayne petrol pump included a feature to blend petrol with different amounts of ethanol spirit to create different blends of fuel, indicative of a period where petrol and diesel came in various less standardised varieties.