Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0581

Description

B/W aerial photo construction of Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking east: across the top: Contra Costa County, small refinery, Mt. Diablo, part of Shell Oil Refinery; across just above center: Suisun Bay Reserve/Mothball Fleet (four groups of ships); across center: hiway 680, warehouses, railroad cars on sidings, storage tanks, tall smoke stack (in center), refining equipment area, storage buildings, vehicles; across bottom: East Second Street, administration building, empty fields; at very bottom is a small farm w/buildings and trees.

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

May 5, 1968