Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0259

Description

B/W aerial photo construction of Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: (hazy conditions) at top: can faintly see Carquinez Straits, SP Railroad and Benicia/Martinez bridges; across above center: hiway 680, railroad tracks, graded areas, some storage tanks under construction; across center: narrow water inlet, storage tanks in various stages of completion, refinery equipment being assembled, smoke stack is visible, buildings and terraced area; across bottom: storage tank pads, empty fields, more partially completed tanks and a number of vehicles.

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Nov 5, 1967