British American Oil, 1201 Bank Street - Ottawa ON
Posted by: elyob
N 45° 23.510 W 075° 40.863
18T E 446689 N 5026704
The building is across from Ossington Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMVED9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/08/2017
Views: 2
In the early 1960s, British American Oil (B/A) opened a service station at 1201 Bank Street. At that time, Bank Street was part of busy Ontario provincial highway #31 which dates back to 1927.
In 1965, nearly 25% of all service stations in Canada were B/A stations. This station was then known as B&R service, named for owners B Joseph Tierney and Rudolph J Wojtyna. In 1969, B/A was renamed Gulf Oil and this service station became a Gulf station, Hamilton's Gulf Service Station.
In recent decades, the property has been host to used car sales and service. The posted co-ordinates are for long gone gas pumps.