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Standard Oil Company dock and tank farm in the 1940s
Resurrection Bay Historical Society
Located at the bottom of Adams Street, the initial Standard Oil Company facility was built in 1923. Expanded over the years, it was destroyed by the 1964 Earthquake. The gasoline and other petroleum products that were stored at the facility were taken north by the Alaska Railroad to cities along the railbelt. An editorial in the Sept. 15, 1923 “Seward Gateway” pointed out that having the tank farm in Seward had lowered the local price of gasoline from 55 cents a gallon to 25 cents, although it did admit that 25 cents was still “a tolerably high” price.
Located at the bottom of Adams Street, the initial Standard Oil Company facility was built in 1923. Expanded over the years, it was destroyed by the 1964 Earthquake. The gasoline and other petroleum products that were stored at the facility were taken north by the Alaska Railroad to cities along the railbelt. An editorial in the Sept. 15, 1923 “Seward Gateway” pointed out that having the tank farm in Seward had lowered the local price of gasoline from 55 cents a gallon to 25 cents, although it did admit that 25 cents was still “a tolerably high” price. (Send your “Back when...” photo to the LOG for publication, editor@TheSewardPhoenixLOG.com.)