Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1999.011.0221Description
B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: at top: hazy skies, Mt. Diablo faintly visible, small refinery on Contra Costa County side of the straits, ships in the Suisun Reserve/Mothball Fleet; above center: hiway 680, marshes; across center: warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refining equipment being assembled, graded areas w/access roads, administration building; below center: East Second Street, empty fields; across very bottom: empty fields, small farm w/buildings, trees and tip of airplane wing.Collection
Benicia Industrial Collection
