Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1999.011.0227Description
B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: at top left: Mt. Diablo (behind haze), small refinery on Contra Costa County side of straits and two groups of ships in the Suisun Reserve/Mothball Fleet; at top right: City of Martinez, Benicia/Martinez and SP Railroad bridges; across above center: marshes, hiway 680, railroad tracks, tanks under construction; across center: warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refining equipment being assembled, empty areas with access roads; across bottom: pads for storage tanks, East Second Street, empty fields, administration building; in very bottom right corner: small farm w/buildings, fences and trees.Collection
Benicia Industrial Collection
