Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0168

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking northeast: at top: cloudy sky, Suisun marshes, Reserve/mothball Fleet ships; across center: warehouses, train cars on sidings, about seventeen storage tanks under construction, other refining equipment being assembled; lower left: storage buildings, open fields; lower center: burned ground w/in-hillside bunker, East Second Street an airplane wing tip is seen at the bottom of the photo

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 17, 1967