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The first Phillips 66 service station built in Texas opened on July 27, 1928 on the corner of 5th Street and Main in Turkey, Texas. In January 2019, this Phillips 66 service station in Turkey was recognized by the Texas Historical Commission as a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark and a Marker Dedication Ceremony to unveil the State Historical ...
In return, Gulf placed service stations on the premises of many Holiday Inn properties along major U.S. highways to provide one-stop availability for fuel, auto service, food and lodging. Many older Holiday Inns still have those original Gulf stations on their properties, some in operation and some closed, but few operate today as Gulf stations.
The station was designed in 1936 by Gulf Oil Corporation's architect P. L. R. Hogner as part of a company drive to create buildings that looked less like gas stations and more like banks and libraries in their details, materials, and massing. The Embassy Gulf Service Station was to be Gulf Oil's 61st station within the city of Washington.
A list of gas station chains in Canada: Canadian Tire Petroleum (Canadian Tire Gas+) – over 300 stations across Canada; most located next to Canadian Tire retail stores or at service centres such as ONRoute; Chevron Corporation – under license by Parkland Corporation (British Columbia, Alberta) Domo Gasoline – 80 stations in western Canada
The Tavares and Gulf Railroad was first incorporated in 1881 as the Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railway. As its name suggests, it was intended to run from Central Florida southwest to the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Myers but it never made it that far. Construction began on July 15, 1885, from Ellsworth Junction and 12 miles of the line was complete ...
76 station in Southern California, c. 1950s. The Union Oil Company of California (later known as Unocal) introduced the Union 76 brand to their existing Union Oil service stations in 1932. [3] After expanding along the West Coast, the Union 76 brand expanded to the Midwest and Southeast through the acquisition of Pure Oil in 1965. [4]
Although many of the stations have been located on shore, floating stations have been based on the Ohio River [1] and Dorchester Bay. [2] Many of the stations listed date from the 1800s, during the existence of the United States Life-Saving Service. Development of stations were started with the 1848 signing of the Newell Act.
Gulf Oil LP is an American oil company formed when Chevron Corporation acquired the naming rights to the Gulf Oil brand in the United States for $13 billion in 1985. [1] [5]By 2010, convenience store chain Cumberland Farms acquired all rights to the brand from Chevron, making it the sole owner and marketer in the country. [2]