Has anyone ever fueled at a station with above ground tanks?

The first two gas stations at the closest Indian reservation have some above ground tanks. Also I see them a lot in central and northern Ontario in small towns or places where they don't sell too much gas, but the next station is 30+ miles away.
They are all painted white but they must have a system to account for the higher and varying vapour pressures as they heat and cool during the day, compared to in ground tanks?
 
Back in my youth they were common. I remember the Imperial Station across the river from Jefferson City had above ground storage. The Clark station also had a location that had them.
 
They would need to be equipped with a large pump to refill the tanks from a tanker truck. With underground tanks the tanker simply "drops" gas into the station's storage tanks by gravity. There is no pump on the tanker truck.
Some tanker trucks have pumps . Been there , done that .
 
Our favorite gas station in small town MS had above ground tanks. Also had every nut and bolt you could ever need in that small station. Really miss it!
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Cayman Brac.
1999 or so. Texaco branded.
Very small. 1 dispenser 2 products. Guessing gas/diesel.
Only station on the island.
Runway was made of crushed shells.
Great diving.
 
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