Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1999.011.0247Description
B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero)
looking east southeast: across top: Shell Oil Refinery, City of Martinez, Contra Costa Hills; above center: one group of ships in Suisun Reserve/Mothball Fleet, SP Railroad and Benicia/Martinez bridges, Carquinez Strait; across center: warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, refining equipment being assembled, empty fields, graded areas, access roads; across bottom: East Second Street, roads going under East Second Street, empty fields, access roads, small farm w/buildings and trees.Collection
Benicia Industrial Collection