Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0179

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking northeast: at top: hazy skies, Contra Costa County, marshes, Suisun Bay Reserve/Mothball Fleet; across center: warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, hiway 680; below center: left to right: storage tank pads, refining equipment being assembled, administration building; across bottom: East Second Street, empty rolling hills, drainage areas

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 24, 1967