Sterling Oil

Sterling Oil (HM2GO9)

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N 41° 37.09', W 79° 40.27'

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Sterling Oil was created in the 1890s by P.J. Bayer as a marketing vehicle for Emlenton Refinery''\s "Sterling" cylinder engine and Dynamo oil for Erie and Western New York. It was acquired by Eastern Refining Company during World War I. For the next decade, Eastern used Sterling to market its gasoline. Sterling Oil was incorporated in 1923 and boasted a chain of gas stations in Western Pennsylvania, Western New York, and Eastern Ohio.
Eastern was reorganized in 1923 as Quaker State Oil
Refining Company, and continued to market the Sterling Brand.
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HM NumberHM2GO9
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Date Added Friday, May 10th, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 610707 N 4608235
Decimal Degrees41.61816667, -79.67116667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 37.09', W 79° 40.27'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 37' 5.4000000000002" N, 79° 40' 16.2" W
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