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(P) 410.742.7232 (F) 410.548.2359 info@tilghmanoil.com
Tilghman Oil, Inc.
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The history of John F. Tilghman & Sons
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· It all begin in 1952 ·
In 1952 John F. Tilghman, who had been working as the operations manager of Holt Oil Company, decided to go out on his own and start Tilghman Oil Company.
He started with a 1952 Chevrolet oil truck with a 1200 gallon tank. His first customers were family and friends in the town of Federalsburg Maryland and
surrounding areas. He sold fuel oil and kerosene, which were replacing coal as the new way to heat your house, in any quantity from 5 gallon cans on up.
The supplier for the newly formed Tilghman Oil Company was a shell jobber from Seaford Delaware named Bob Allen. Bob and John made a detailed business
plan for the construction of Shell Gas Stations around the shore. They sealed the deal with a handshake. That agreement lasted 40 years and led to Shell
stations in Federalsburg, 2 in Salisbury, 1 in Ocean City and 1 in Fenwick.
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Tilghman Oil has always been a family business and nobody knew that better than John Tilghman’s three sons who all worked for their father. They each
began pumping gas at their father’s gas stations. For those of you who can remember the gas stations of the 1950’s and 1960’s were full service. That meant
that the oil and tires were checked and the windshield was washed for every car.
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Tilghman Oil, Inc.
Phone: 410.742.7232 Fax: 410.548.2359 121 Columbia Dr Salisbury, MD 21801 All content Copyright © 2008 Tilghman Oil | Help | Contact Us |
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