Posted by Bret4207 on September 19, 2013 at 03:52:01 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: Standard oil co posted by JMOR on September 18, 2013 at 10:15:10:
JMOR said: (quoted from post at 10:15:10 09/18/13)
Pops1532 said: (quoted from post at 13:07:22 09/18/13) The Standard Oil Trust was broken up in 1911 into several regional companies. Standard Oil Company of New York (SOCONY), Standard Oil Company of Ohio (SOHIO), Standard Oil Company of Indiana (which was simply known as Standard then later Amoco), Standard Oil Incorporated (Standard of Kentucky or KYSO), Continental Oil Company (Conoco), Standard Of California (Calso, Chevron), Standard Oil of New Jersey (Esso then later Exxon). I'm sure there were others.
SOCONY merged with Vacuum Oil Company in the early 1930's to create SOCONY-Vacuum which eventually became Mobil.
It's strange that the government felt the need to break up the Standard Oil Trust over a 100 years ago and over time some of the regional Standard companies have merged. Mobil-Exxon is one example. Chevron and Kyso is another.
Probably money & political favors earned at breakup & re-merging. Just as AT&T & the Bells....slowly but surely getting back together
100% correct. Standard Oil just didn't own the right politicians.
Someone mentioned Sinclair. I had a memory for years of that big green dinosaur and no one I mentioned it to had any idea what I was talking about. I remembered it being in Glens Falls NY near the intersection of Rt 9 and Aviation road. Had the picture in my head for 40 years and no clue where I'd seen it. Then one day I happened on a website someplace and among the photos were several of that gas station right where I'd remembered it! You could see the old Sears Plaza in the background, another place that I had a lot of memories from.
At least I'm not nuts...in that area anyways!
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 03:58:53 09/19/13 2 times.
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