Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0030

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east, top section: cloud cover over Contra Costa County, Benicia-Martinez Bridge and SP Railroad Bridge and a few ships in the Reserve (Mothball) Fleet and Suisun Bay; center area: storage tanks under construction, concrete circular pads, graded pads and access roads; left center: warehouses and train cars on sidings; right center: Highlands subdivision and East Second Street (continuing across bottom section; lower right corner is a farm with buildings, including a barn.

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 16, 1967