Over the decades we have had, to my knowledge, four gas stations on the Beach. In the picture below two of those are shown, Charlie Stewart's ESSO and Albert's White Rose which was located just north of the Dynes Tavern. There was also a station that opened later on near the canal which was a BP station and the Texaco that was located across from the school playground.
A TPL photo from 1958 shows the location of the Texaco (blue arrow) which had many owners over the years, I remember a long time owner by the name of Don Roop. Other owners include, Henderson, Chovaz and Bigrig.The red arrow points at the property of the ESSO station which is not there. This was when Charlie Stewart owned the business and he demolished and rebuilt the station, owners of the old station included Manzer and Egan, another owner was L. Ludford.
The White Rose is just out of the picture.
A TPL photo from 1958 shows the location of the Texaco (blue arrow) which had many owners over the years, I remember a long time owner by the name of Don Roop. Other owners include, Henderson, Chovaz and Bigrig.The red arrow points at the property of the ESSO station which is not there. This was when Charlie Stewart owned the business and he demolished and rebuilt the station, owners of the old station included Manzer and Egan, another owner was L. Ludford.
The White Rose is just out of the picture.