Ashland Oil & Refining Company

In 1924, the Ashland Refining Company of Ashland, Kentucky was founded as a refining arm of Swiss Oil Company of Lexington. Some of the more important dates in the company’s history were as follows:

1930: Ashland Purchases Tri-State Refining.

1931: Acquires Cumberland Pipeline Company's eastern Kentucky pipeline network.

1936: Ashland Refining merges with Swiss Oil to form Ashland Oil & Refining Company.

1946: Ashland Oil & Refining Company products first sold under the brand name "Ashland."

1948: Ashland and Allied Oil merge.

1949: Ashland and Aetna Oil merge, Ashland acquires Kentucky retail marketing operation Freedom-Valvoline, including Valvoline Motor Oil brand and also acquires Southern Pipe Line Company.

1950: Frontier Oil Refining of Buffalo, N.Y., and National Refining of Cleveland, Ohio, join Ashland.

1963: Ashland acquires United Oil.

1970: Ashland changes name to Ashland Oil, Inc.

1970: Ashland acquires Northwestern Refining of St. Paul, Minn. and the SuperAmerica retail marketing chain.

1992: Ashland Chemical acquires most of Unocal's chemical distribution business, establishing the IC&S Division.



Certificate: Sinking Fund Debenture Bond, issued in the 1960’s

Printer: Security-Columbian Bank Note Company

Dimensions: 14” (h) x 10 1/2” (w)

State: KY-Kentucky

Subject Matter: Oil Companies

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Condition: Horizontal fold lines, punch hole cancels in the signature areas and body. Approximately 15 coupons remain attached at the right side margin.