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View Full size image	Title: Lloyd Refinery Tug Ajax and Tanker Roy K. Russel Identifier: TX0006 Image Type: B&W Photo, 6.5x10.5 cm Subject: Tankers Donor: Texaco Canada Ltd. Location: 250 Lakeshore Road West
Conditions of Use: See Terms of Use & Privacy Statement. Description: Lloyd's Refinery was erected in 1932 on the site of the old Port Credit Brick Yard by L. B. Lloyd of Lloyd’s Tankers and went by the name of Lloyd Refineries Ltd. It consisted of a small crude Stilling Unit and nine storage tanks. The thruput, or amount of crude oil processed each day was 300 barrels which was converted to gasoline and fuel oils. Mr. F. K. Davis from Texas was the plant manager. The crude oil that Lloyd's Refinery used came from Toledo, through Chicago. Lloyds had 3 tankers that carried the oil up the Welland Canal, across the lake to Port Credit. The tankers were Bruce Hudson, Joan Virginia, and the Roy K. Russel, and were pulled by three tugs, Ajax, Ethel, and Muscallonge. Agency: Mississauga Library System