Thermofor catalytic reformer at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery in Torrance, ca.1940

View Description

View Image & Text

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Image
Text

Text Search...

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Title	Thermofor catalytic reformer at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery in Torrance, ca.1940
Description	Photograph of a thermofor catalytic reformer at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery in Torrance, ca.1940. An open-air rectangular-shaped structure with at least fifteen stories can be seen at center composed of metal beams. A staircase can be seen running up the structure. Four men are visible standing in front of many intertwined pipes in front of the structure, while a sphere can be seen at right. A few tall cylindrical-shaped stacks are visible in the left background. Photoprint reads: "The TCR takes low octane gasoline stock and turns this into a very high octane gasoline blending stock".
Subject	General Petroleum Corporation
Subject (adlf)	industrial sites
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Oil -- Assorted refineries
Subject (lcsh)	Petroleum industry and trade Petroleum refineries
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Torrance
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1940
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1940
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	41066
Call number	CHS-41066
Identifying number	unidentified no: 745-152
Microfiche number	84-1-1848
Legacy record ID	chs-m12267; USC-2-1-1-12420
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-41066
Full text	T
Archival file	chs_Volume78/CHS-41066.tiff

USC Libraries

University of Southern California

USC Digital Library

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home Thermofor catalytic reformer at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery in Torrance, ca.1940

Thermofor catalytic reformer at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery in Torrance, ca.1940

Description

Comments

Collaborative Projects

USCDL Supporters

USC Digital Library