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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a gas station located on [[Interstate 65]] owned and operated by [[Joseph Wheattree]]. The station's facade features a large horse head, in reference to its name, itself a reference to the 1973 play ''[[wikipedia:Equus (play)|Equus]]'' by Peter Shaffer. The station is in debt to the [[Consolidated Power Company]] who has in turn throttled its electricity.
 
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a gas station located on [[Interstate 65]] owned and operated by [[Joseph Wheattree]]. The station's facade features a large horse head, in reference to its name, itself a reference to the 1973 play ''[[wikipedia:Equus (play)|Equus]]'' by Peter Shaffer. The station is in debt to the [[Consolidated Power Company]] who has in turn throttled its electricity.
  
Its design – namely the wedge-shaped canopy – is based on that of the [[wikipedia:Tramway Gas Station|Tramway Gas Station]] in Palm Springs, California.
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Its design – namely the wedge-shaped canopy – is based on that of the [[wikipedia:Tramway Gas Station|Tramway Gas Station]] in Palm Springs, California, or the [https://whitney.org/collection/works/21022 Phillips 66] station in Flagstaff, Arizona, photographed by Edward Ruscha for [[wikipedia:Twentysix Gasoline Stations|Twentysix Gasoline Stations]].
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 11:58, 21 February 2019

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Equus Oils is a gas station located on Interstate 65 owned and operated by Joseph Wheattree. The station's facade features a large horse head, in reference to its name, itself a reference to the 1973 play Equus by Peter Shaffer. The station is in debt to the Consolidated Power Company who has in turn throttled its electricity.

Its design – namely the wedge-shaped canopy – is based on that of the Tramway Gas Station in Palm Springs, California, or the Phillips 66 station in Flagstaff, Arizona, photographed by Edward Ruscha for Twentysix Gasoline Stations.

Gallery