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Ohio Guide Photographs
Description: Reverse reads, "Gulf Oil Corp. loading dock." This photograph shows a loading dock for the Gulf Oil Corporation in Toledo, Ohio. Toledo was home to many oil refineries including Ohio Oil Company (now Marathon), British Petroleum, Pure Oil, Sinclair, and Sunoco (Sun Oil). The petroleum industry in Ohio has its roots in the northwest part of the state with the gas and oil boom of the 1880s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_013_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Petroleum industry;Industries--Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Gulf Oil Corporation; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)