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In 1934 Max Siegel traded $500 and a handshake for
a 1929 Ford tanker truck filled with kerosene, a
dozen five gallon cans and a list of grocery stores.
Grocery stores depended on kerosene back then. It
was a lot more reliable than Miami's early electrical
system. Max became a commission agent for Sinclair
Refining later that year and Siegel Oil was a one
man company hand-pumping Sinclair fuels along a
regular route for the next seven years.
Robert Siegel started helping his father in 1941,
at the age of ten, by licking and pasting ration
stamps during the Second World War. In the boom
years after the war, Seigel Oil supplied the diesel
fuel and lubricants for major construction projects
ranging from The Doral to the dredging which created
Key Biscayne. Throughout the 50's, 60's and 70's
Siegel supplied heating oil 24 hours a day to over
5,000 homes and businesses, much of which was delivered
by off-duty firemen when the weather turned cold.
Today Siegel is under its third generation
of family leadership with Kenan Siegel. We design,
install, maintain and service commercial and industrial
customers from Jupiter to Homestead and deliver
everything from propane to
industrial lubricants, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
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