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The 1924 Sun Oil Station at Carillon Historical Park

This 1924 Sun Oil Station is located at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. With a pagoda-style roof and blue and yellow color scheme, Sun Oil or Sunoco, was among the first companies to standardize the look of its service. The first “no-knock” tetraethyl lead gasoline was sold at the…

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Dayton Ohio and Its Print Shops at Carillon Historical Park

The Print Shop building showcases the 1930s printing office in Dayton, Ohio with period equipment. It interprets an era when the city was home to 77 printing companies. Dayton was home to the immense McCall Company printing plant and other leading companies in the production of periodicals, business forms, music…

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Original Corliss Engine at Carillon Historical Park

The old and historic Corliss Engine Building is located inside the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. The building displays the Corliss Engine that provided the National Cash Register Company electrical power and steam heat from 1902 to 1948. Interesting historical facts: 1. The components of the 210-ton Corliss Engine…

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Deeds Barn Replica at Carillon Historical Park

The Deeds Barn Replica houses exhibits about the lives and work of acclaimed inventors, Charles F. Kettering and Colonel Edward A. Deeds. Inside the original barn, from 1908 to 1912, Deeds, Kettering, and a group of friends invented the electric automobile ignition, and later, the electric automobile self-starter. Interesting historical…

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