Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1999.011.0250Description
B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero)
looking east: at top: Mt Diablo, small refinery on contra Costa County side of straits, Shell Oil Refinery, City of Martinez; above center: Suisun Reserve/Mothball Fleet (2 groups of ships), SP Railroad and Benicia/Martinez bridges, Carquinez Straits. east side City of Benicia; across center: warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refining equipment being assembled, administration building, graded areas, access roads; below center: East Second Street, empty fields, small farm.Collection
Benicia Industrial Collection
