Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0116

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: at top left: Mt. Diablo, with building below (refining business); at top right: City of Martinez; just above center: Suisun Bay with some ships of the mothball/Reserve Fleet; in center right: Benicia/Martinez and SP Railroad bridges; center: storage tanks and pads in varying degrees of construction also other refining equipment under construction; at left center: warehouses and railroad cars on sidings; bottom: East Second Street and part of an airplane wing tip.

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Aug 20, 1967