Barber Asphalt Company
IndustryAmzi L. Barber's Oil, Gas, Asphalt and shipping
Founded1883 (1883) in Washington, D.C., United States
Defunct1981
FateSold
Key people
Amzi L. Barber, Avery D. Andrews
ProductsAsphalt, shingles, oil and gas
SubsidiariesIroquois Electric Refrigeration Company, Iroquois division
Barber Asphalt Company's Men Laying Trenidad Pitch Lake Asphalt On A Fort Wayne Street, Fort Wayne, , Indiana in 1906

Barber Asphalt Company of Washington, D.C. started in 1883 was founded by Amzi L. Barber. Barber, born in 1843. Barber first career was a teaching professor, he moved to real estate. In real estate, he found the problem of needing affordable paved roads. He found that asphalt was a great affordable material for paved roads. He added asphalt shingles to his products. In 1879 he moved Headquarters to New York City. He had offices in Washington, D.C. from 1878 to 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1938 and Maurer, Perth Amboy, New Jersey from 1938 to 1948. In 1888 Barber leased the largest know asphalt deposit at Pitch Lake Trinidad. Barber opened a subsidiary, called the Iroquois division, and Iroquois Electric Refrigeration Company.[1] Elkins Widener purchased the company in 1898 and merged with his Trinidad Corporation subsidiary. This formed the Asphalt Company of America of New York. In 1899 Asphalt Company of America was sold to John M. Mack and renamed, National Asphalt Company of America. In 1901 Barber retired from the Barber Asphalt Company. National Asphalt Company of America closed in 1902. In 1903 it opened again as General Asphalt Company. Uintah Railway Company was founded in 1903 by the Barber Asphalt Paving Company. Barber has paved millions of miles of roads.[2] In 1904 Barber returned the company. In the 1920s Barber Asphalt Company opened a refinery in Perth Amboy, New Jersey at the time the town was known as Barber. The Barber Asphalt refinery is now the Perth Amboy Refinery. General Asphalt and Barber division merged in 1936. After the merger, the name was changed to Barber Company, Inc.. In 1938 the name was changed to Barber Asphalt Corporation. Barber Asphalt entered into a joint venture with Standard Oil Company of California in 1946. [3] The joint venture was called California Refining Company.[4][5][6]

In 1981 the company closed and sold all its assets. The oil and gas products line (Barber Oil Corporation) was sold to Petro-Lewis Corporation. Shipping sold to Apex Shipping. Coal products (Barber Paramont Coal) to: Hanna Mining Company, W. R. Grace & Company and Liberty Capital Group. American Gilsonite Company stocks to Standard Oil.[6]

World War II

Barber Asphalt Company operated a fleet of oil tankers and coal ships to run Barber Asphalt Company. The ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Barber Asphalt Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Barber Asphalt Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Barber Asphalt Company operated Liberty ships and tankers for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Barber Asphalt Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.[7][8][9]

Ships

A T2 tanker

Post World War Type Type T2 tanker were sold to Barber Asphalt Company and Trinidad Corporation:[10][11]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Trade catalogs from Barber Asphalt Paving Company
  2. ↑ istorytogo.utah.gov Uintah Railway Company
  3. ↑ A 100-Year History of Paving, Compaction, Milling Iron Heavy highway pavement-making equipment has evolved in the last hundred years from primitive to awesome. March 10, 2016, by Giles Lambertson
  4. ↑ The Liberty Ships of World War II: A Record, By Greg H. Williams
  5. ↑ Stolz, George (1986-06-29). "If You're Thinking of Living In Irvington". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  6. 1 2 "Amzi L. Barber Dies of Pneumonia" The New York Times (April 19, 1909)
  7. ↑ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com.
  8. ↑ World War II U.S. Navy Armed Guard and World War II U.S. Merchant Marine, 2007-2014 Project Liberty Ship, Project Liberty Ship, P.O. Box 25846 Highlandtown Station, Baltimore, MD
  9. ↑ World War II United States Merchant Navy
  10. ↑ Tankers Built in U.S. During World War II
  11. ↑ shipbuildinghistory.com T2 Tanker
  12. ↑ Birch Coulie
  13. ↑ Chapultepec
  14. ↑ Luckystar
  15. ↑ Carleton Ellis
  16. ↑ mariners Liberty ship C
  17. ↑ mariners Liberty ship W
  18. ↑ San Jacinto
  19. ↑ Fort Mercer, T2
  20. ↑ hipbuildinghistory.com Houston, Tanker Midbody
  21. ↑ Admiralty Bay
  22. ↑ navsource, USS Mascoma
  23. ↑ Mascoma
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