Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1999.011.0166Description
B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking southeast: at top: overcast, cloudy sky, from left to right: Shell Oil Refinery, Benicia/Martinez and SP RR bridges, more Shell Oil, then the City of Martinez, empty rolling hills of Contra Costa County; center to bottom at left: hiway 680 and railroad tracks, train cars on sidings, canal w/water, storage tanks under construction; center to bottom at right: east side City of Benicia, other refinery equipment being assembled, administration building and surrounding flat area w/parked vehicles
an airplane wing tip appears at the bottom of the photoCollection
Benicia Industrial Collection
