Blast from the past..

Mad Dog_2

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Paragon Oil Burners..Long Island City NYC. I'm happy they didn't paint over it. Mad Dog

Intplm.

Nostalgic.

EBEBRATT-Ed

The oil co I worked for back in the 70s sold some Paragon Burners that were rebranded as Texaco burners. Painted Texaco red.

Slow speed 1725 rpm burners. My brother had one in his house that he bought around 1990. They were ok for a non retention burner.

Mad Dog_2

I've seen those Texaco ones md

Erin Holohan Haskell

Thanks for sharing, @Mad Dog_2! I did a bit of research: Founded in 1925, Paragon Oil sold residential oil burners and later distributed oil. Due to their proximity to the New York docks and their distinctive packaging of oil in five-gallon containers, Paragon Oil secured the exclusive U.S. government contract to supply fuel oil to Europe during the post-WWII reconstruction period. The company was sold to Texaco in the late 1950s.⁠

mattmia2

So they weren't just texaco house branded burners, they actually had been bough by texaco.

Mad Dog_2

Cool. I revere all history, but especially OUR history. Mad Dog

EBEBRATT-Ed

Now my mind clicks. I knew Paragon was part of Texaco but I forgot all about that.

Paragon used to make their own burners. They also sold a lot of Beckett model AF burners in the 70s which were painted red with the Texaco name on it. My brother in law has one of those.

Mad Dog_2

I've seen them all installed & running over the years...Workhorses...Mad Dog