Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0241

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking northwest: across top: empty rolling hills, Lake Herman; across center: empty hills, graded areas, East Second Street, refining equipment being assembled, storage tanks under construction, railroad cars on sidings, warehouses; across below center: storage tanks under construction, concrete pads, hiway 680, railroad tracks w/trestle, empty industrial building sites.

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 29, 1967