Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0194

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: at top: cloudy sky, Mt. Diablo, small Contra Costa refinery; above center: Suisun Reserve/Mothball Fleet, hiway 680, railroad tracks; across center: warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refining equipment being assembled; below center: East Second Street, administration building, empty fields; at bottom: farm w/buildings, fences, trees; a tiny part of an airplane wing tip is at the very bottom.

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 1, 1967