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Ambler's - Becker's Texaco Service Station

POSTED April 22, 2008 - 1:18pm | POSTED BY The Editor

This circa 1940s Texaco station was once a thriving service station but now serves as a Route 66 welcome center. The station is listed on the National Register of Historice Places and has been awarded fundng through the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program to be restored to look like it did in the 1940s.

 

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Ambler's - Becker's Texaco Service Station
417 W. Waupansie
Dwight, IL 60420
United States
41° 5' 45.7728" N, 88° 26' 15.6192" W
See map: Google Maps
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