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T. J. Fannon & Sons

T. J. Fannon & Sons / Fannon Petroleum Services

founded 1885

Alexandria heating-fuel firm founded by Thomas J. Fannon Person Thomas J. Fannon Founder in 1885 of the Alexandria wood-and-coal yard that became , Alexandria's longest-running family-owned heating-fuel business. in 1885 as a wood-and-coal yard at 1200 Duke Street. Continuously operated by the Fannon family across five generations; converted from coal to fuel oil in the 1920s, expanded into petroleum wholesale in the late twentieth century.
Jim Crow Era Merchant Industry

Biography


Thomas J. Fannon’s wood-and-coal yard opened on Duke Street in 1885 and never moved. The business followed Alexandria households through three full energy transitions: cordwood to anthracite, anthracite to mechanical coal stokers, and coal to fuel oil [1] Source 1 Fannon Petroleum, 'About' Website . Its first home oil delivery went out in the mid-1920s; by the 1940s fuel oil had displaced coal as Alexandria’s dominant heating source and Fannon’s Duke Street tank farm was the visible expression of that change in the city’s industrial waterfront.

The Alexandria yard remains operational as T. J. Fannon & Sons, serving residential heating-oil and HVAC customers in Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax counties. Wholesale fuel distribution — gasoline, diesel, motor oil, DEF for commercial and government customers — relocated to a Gainesville, Virginia facility in 2008 under the Fannon Petroleum Services name [2] Source 2 T. J. Fannon & Sons, 'About Us' Website . The firm is among the oldest family-owned businesses in the city.

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  1. Operator · Industrial

    1200 Duke Street — T. J. Fannon & Sons

    1885

    Continuous family operation across five generations

References

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  1. 1.

    Fannon Petroleum Services, 'About Fannon Petroleum,' company website.

    Website https://fannonpetroleum.com/about-fannon-petroleum/ →

  2. 2.

    T. J. Fannon & Sons, 'About Us,' company website, Alexandria, Virginia.

    Website https://www.tjfannon.com/about-us →

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