1/6/2019
1/6/2019
1/6/2019
Landmark information
- Location:
Site: 23802 Pine St (go toward hill), Newhall; plaque is at SE corner of I-5 and Lyons Ave, Newhall - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
2/1/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/6/2019 - GPS Coordinates:
Site: N 34 22.203, W 118 31.191
Plaque: N 34 22.706, W 118 33.766 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Pioneer Oil Refinery
1875, Star Oil Company, one of predecessors of the Standard Oil Company of California, drilled its first well in Pico Canyon, 100 barrels per day. The discovery resulted the following year in the erection of the first commercial oil refinery in California.