Galena-Signal Oil Company

Galena-Signal Oil Company is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Venango County, dedicated 1999.

1140 Liberty St. at S Park St.

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Founded 1865. Under the leadership of Charles Miller & Joseph Sibley, it produced high - quality lubricants used by most U.S. railroads. Purchased 1878 by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, which used Galena-Signal products to gain dominance over area railroads and a virtual monopoly of the U.S. oil industry. Independent after the breakup of Standard Oil in 1911. Absorbed 1931 by Valvoline. Headquarters located here, 1901-1931.

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1859 · Colton's New York (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Map of the Oil Region of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · County map of the State of Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Johnson's Ohio (1866) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1909 · Franklin, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Map of the Oil Region of Pennsylvania, 1865, covering the location of Galena-Signal Oil Company, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of the Oil Region of Pennsylvania, 1865, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Galena-Signal Oil Company

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