Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0172

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: top to bottom: cloudy skies, Mt. Diablo, small refining company, Carquinez Straits, Suisun Bay Reserve/Mothball Fleet, hiway 680 and railroad tracks, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refining equipment being assembled, more buildings including the administration building, East Second Street, fields and farm w/barn, water tower, house, fences, grove of trees

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 17, 1967