Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1999.011.0215Description
B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: at top: hazy skies (cannot see Mt. Diablo), small refinery on Contra Costa side of the straits, ships in the Suisun Reserve/Mothball Fleet; across center: hiway 680, warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refinery equipment being assembled, administration building, numerous construction and personal vehicles, empty hills, in-hill storage bunkers; across bottom: part of a small farm, East Second Street and empty fields.Collection
Benicia Industrial Collection
