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

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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".

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

Subject General Petroleum Corporation (subject), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Oil -- Assorted refineries (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Torrance (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1940

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12267

Identifier 41066 (accession number), CHS-41066 (call number), CHS-41066 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11708 (legacy record id), chs-m12267 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12420 (legacy record id), 84-1-1848 (microfiche number), USC (project), 745-152 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11708

Unique identifier UC130859

Legacy Identifier CHS-41066.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 20.6 in at 300dpi
42.5 cm × 52.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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