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Gasoline delivery wagon sparks Ridge and East Bridge memory
Historic Elyria photo shows a horse drawn wagon delivering gas to a Standard Oil service station at the Ridge and East Bridge corner. Background reveals Ridge Lawn Cemetery, old Ridge Street School, and later fire-destroyed structures. The piece recounts station histories, floods of 1913, and the Klingshirn family tragedy in Tiffin with vivid survivor accounts and local memory.
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Elyria
Standard Oil
Ridge
East Bridge Streets
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Old Ridge Street
Frank B. Foreman
Standard Oil Co
Broad St
Michael R. Fallon
EK. Bridge
Clarence Poole
Bridge Street
B.S. Jennings
Chestnut and
Elm Streets
Broad and
Middle Avenue
Harold Gould
Ron Walker
George Walker
Ron
Kay
East Avenue
Washington Avenue
Ohio
Donald Klingshirn
Tiffin
Klingshirn
Lois Anne Koff
Marian Quinn
America
Bavaria
Elyria Public
George
Theresa Klingshirn
Joseph
Sandusky River
East Davis
Water Streets
Seneca County
Sandusky
George Klingshire
U.S. Glass-Tiffin Works
Ray Hostler
St. Joseph Catholic Church
William
Abbott Farm
Regina Banker
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Mary Klingshirn Hostler
Madeline
Mary
Theresia
Ursuline Order of Sisters In
Klingshire
Standard Oil Station
Ridge and
Hast Bridge Streets