Until reading this article (I have read many others chronicling the importance of oil in our current lives), I had no really out together how my family has been part of the fossil fuel industry. Terkelsen Machine Company made high speed hose wrappers. And in the more recent years as gas pumps get replaced, I noticed the spiral wrapped hoses on gas pumps look different. So when I come across a gas pump and see the spiral imprint on a rubber gas pump hose, I smile. A machine designed, built and delivered by my Terkelsen Machine Company made that hose! It makes me sad that neither my brother or me went into the family business. It still goes on after being sold, but nothing booked my dad and grandfather working side by side. Thanks for making me realize my family heritage in history. I am off to call my dad and share my personal revelation with him!
Until reading this article (I have read many others chronicling the importance of oil in our current lives), I had no really out together how my family has been part of the fossil fuel industry. Terkelsen Machine Company made high speed hose wrappers. And in the more recent years as gas pumps get replaced, I noticed the spiral wrapped hoses on gas pumps look different. So when I come across a gas pump and see the spiral imprint on a rubber gas pump hose, I smile. A machine designed, built and delivered by my Terkelsen Machine Company made that hose! It makes me sad that neither my brother or me went into the family business. It still goes on after being sold, but nothing booked my dad and grandfather working side by side. Thanks for making me realize my family heritage in history. I am off to call my dad and share my personal revelation with him!