Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2011.099.0038Description
B/W aerial photograph taken between 1980 and 1984. Locations of note: eastside residential areas of the City are at the lower right edge, the oil refinery is near the center and the Glomar Explorer* can be seen at the right just north of the bridges.
*The Glomar Explorer is a ship that was built by a Howard Hughes company in 1973 for the purpose of lifting a Russian submarine that had sunk 750 miles northwest of Hawaii in 1968. There was some secrecy involved and the operation was only partially successful. As the submarine was being lifted, it broke in half and one half returned to the sea bottom. The Ship was mothbaled in the Naval Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay from 1980 to 1996. It now serves severa companies in the deep sea mining business.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection