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OLCO Petroleum Group – 319 stations in Ontario and Quebec; Petro-Canada – 1323 stations and 200 Petro-Pass stations across Canada; some acquired from BP (1983), Petrofina (1981) and Gulf Oil in the 1980s; Pioneer Petroleum – 130 stations in Ontario; 7-Eleven brand gasoline; Shell Canada – Canadian unit of Shell with 1800 stations across ...
Twentysix Gasoline Stations is the first artist's book by the American pop artist Ed Ruscha.Published in April 1963 [1] on his own imprint National Excelsior Press, [2] it is often considered to be the first modern artist's book, [3] and has become famous as a precursor and a major influence on the emerging artist's book culture, especially in America. [4]
In North America the fuel is known as "gasoline" or "gas" for short, and the terms "gas station" and "service station" are used in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. In some regions of Canada, the term " gas bar " (or "gasbar") is used.
This is a list of historic filling stations and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. Many of these in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Over the course of 1975 and 1976, all UCO stations became USA Gasoline stations. Over the course of 1976-1977, all Sears stations became USA Gasoline stations. 1980s + 1990s. From 1988 to 1990, USA Petroleum was involved in a lawsuit with ARCO due to fuel prices. in 1992, USA Petroleum moved its headquarters from Santa Monica to Ventura.
The distinctive red-on-yellow Whiting Brothers signage and billboards date to 1926, the year U.S. Route 66 was designated across the southwestern United States.The father of the four Whiting brothers was a lumberyard owner, [6] leaving the family well placed to construct small, simple stations at little cost with one or two pumps and a six-foot-tall roadside billboard at various points on the ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... List of gas station chains in North America; 0–9. 7-Eleven; 76 (gas station) ... Reiff's Antique Gas Station ...
The Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company (PAT) was an oil company founded in 1916 by the American oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny after he had made a huge oil strike in Mexico. Pan American profited from fuel demand during World War I, and from the subsequent growth in use of automobiles. For several years Pan American was the largest ...