by Michael Satterfield
The Station as it stands today |
Now considered a side road, the station once sat on the main coastal highway, until the 101 bypassed it. The oil field that the gas station was on the edge of is famous itself, the Ellwood oil field was the site of the only attack on the mainland USA during World War II. of in February of 1942 when a lone Japanese submarine lobbed a shell onto the shores of Ellwood beach, the only attack on mainland American soil during World War II.
On set of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) |
A historic shot, the building in the background is the corporate office for the Barnsdall Oil Co. |
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