Big Pump, also known as Maryville Oil Co., was a historic service station located at Maryville,

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. It was built in 1937, and was a 21-foot high,

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style structure. It had wood framing and sheet metal siding shaped to resemble a gasoline pump of the 1937 period. (includes 9 photographs from 1979) It was listed on the

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in 1980. It was delisted in 1994 after being relocated to King City.

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