Shell Station 1949- B49

Shell Station 1949- B49

"Shell Station 1949- B49" Street Scene, Buildings, Service Station, Gas Pump, Cars, Lamp, Residences, Telephone Poles, Signs [Tires-Service, Shell, Shellubrication, Don Webber Proprietor, Goodyear Tires, Shell X-100 Motor Oil], Restaurant, Signs, Hot Dogs In 1930, Shell Oil Corporation bought the old Lymburner - Locke which was built in 1803 by John Lymburner at the corner of High & Spring streets with the intent of razing the structure to make way for a gasoline filling stations. This was at the same time that Texaco bought the Wayside Tea room for the same purpose. The Tea Room was saved by Mrs. Dewitt Brewster and moved to its present location on Northport Avenue. Captain Lymburner came to Belfast prior to 1800 and married Jennett Miller, daughter of one of the original proprietors, James Miller. In 1800 as master of the brig, "Two Brothers", he was captured by the French in the West Indies. Upon his return to Belfast he built a flat-roofed home at the corner of High & Spring Streets. In 1814, as master of the brig "Three Friends" he was again captured, this time, by the British, carried to Gibraltar where he died as a prisoner of war. These gasoline filling stations were to proliferate to the degree that ordnances were put into place to control the locations of the stations (1934). However, by 1936, there were 28 gasoline filling stations featuring a total of 61 pumps in downtown Belfast. In 1949, at the time of this photo, Don Webber operated this gasoline filling station and maintained offices and bulk fuel storage facility on Front Street. The station features Goodyear tires for sale, tire repairs as well as general auto repairs. Note the hand operated auto jacks as well as the self-servicee air station to the left of the building. On the left, behind the fence, is a lunch wagon which features hot dogs for 15 cents, cheeseburgers, hamburgers, cigarettes, candy, potato chips and soft drinks.