Original 1935 calendar advertising the Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Company
11" x 20.5"
Image from a photograph of the Great Salt Pond Project at Point Judith , South Kingston , Rhode Island
Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Company
312 Broad Street , Providence Division ( RI )
Penn-Valley Refining Company
Branches :
Boston , Massachusetts
Worcester , Massachusetts
So. Acton , Mass.
Somerville , Mass.
Hampton , New Hampshire
Stonington , Connecticut
Bath , Maine
Tiverton , Rhode Island
Bald Eagle and Crescent Moon logo at the top.
All 12 monthly sheets ( January to December ) are still present.
Braided string hanger is still present.
Worn heavily around the edges ( see photos ).
Staining, etc.
Not in ideal condition by any means, but very scarce.
Over 90 years old.
Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.
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Historical information :
Penn Valley Refining Company was an oil refining and petroleum distribution business historically tied to the Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Company, which operated out of Providence, Rhode Island, and handled crude and petroleum products sourced from northwestern Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Company operated regional storage, refining, and distribution.
The company marketed products under names like Penn Valley Independent Gasoline , which featured distinct branding such as Thunderbird themed service station globe lenses.
Records from the early 1930s show corporate transitions involving the Penn Valley Oil Company shifting into the Penn Valley Refining Co. in Providence, RI, acting as a refiner and distributor alongside its petroleum product parent operations.
Penn Valley Independent Gasoline is a vintage petroleum brand from the 1920s that was produced by the Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Company based in Providence, Rhode Island.
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The Great Salt Pond Project
In 1934, the State of Rhode Island, utilizing federal Public Works Administration funding under PWA Project No. 8129, undertook a massive infrastructure transformation of Point Judith Pond (often historicized alongside "Great Salt Pond" region developments).
The primary driver behind this 1930s maritime project was to dramatically expand the harbor’s infrastructure to accommodate growing commercial fishing fleets, heavy vessel traffic, and the regional transit of bulk commodities - most notably petroleum products and coal - which were increasingly distributed to coastal New England communities via coastal steamships and barges.
The state excavated a 35-acre basin to a depth of 12 feet inside the entrance breachway and dredged a major deep-water channel running north all the way to Wakefield , RI.
Workers constructed heavy-duty steel bulkheads and commercial wharves along the new basin to stabilize the shoreline for intense commercial offloading.
The project built the iconic state piers at the twin villages of Galilee ( Narragansett ) and Jerusalem ( South Kingstown ), cementing Point Judith as a major hub for commercial commerce and transit.
During the 1930s, the Atlantic coast of the United States saw a massive boom in the coastal transport of refined petroleum. Point Judith's Harbor of Refuge , enclosed by its massive granite breakwaters , served as a crucial shelter and transfer checkpoint for heavily laden fuel barges and colliers navigating the treacherous waters between New York and Boston.
Deepening the channels into Point Judith Pond allowed safer inland access for smaller vessels and distribution craft, protecting them from the open ocean.
Integrating bulk petroleum transport into these shallow, high-current breachways , however, permanently altered the local ecology. It established a precedent for industrial fuel transport that would culminate decades later in major regional environmental challenges, such as the historic 1996 North Cape oil barge spill just outside the pond's breachway.