Print, Photographic

Photograph

Museum of History Benicia

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0152

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (late Exxon and Valero) looking east: top: Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa County hills, City of Martinez; below that: industrial area/refinery, Benicia/Martinez and SP RR Bridges, some ships of the Reserve/mothball Fleet in Suisun bay/Carquinez Strait; across the middle: (left to right) warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refining equipment being assembled, storage sheds, graded areas; at bottom: East Second Street, open fields, fencing and the tip of the airplane wing

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection