Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0039

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking to the northeast: top section: marshes and ships of the Reserve (Mothball) Fleet (at right); center area: warehouses, train cars on sidings, storage tanks under construction, circular concrete pads, graded areas; lower section: construction equipment in operation, fields and in-ground storage bunkers (arsenal era).

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 16, 1967