California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Catalytic polymerization unit at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940

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Catalytic polymerization unit at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940

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Photograph of a catalytic polymerization unit at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940. Metal beams criss-cross to form three levels on a tall, open-air, rectangular structure at center. Pipes can be seen along the sides of the structure, while five barrels are visible lined up on the ground to the right of the structure. A utility pole is visible at left, while a cylindrical tower can be seen in the right background.; Photoprint reads: "This new catzlytic polymerization unit at the Torrance (Calif.) refinery of the General Petroleum Corporation 'builds' 700 barrels of high quality gasoline daily out of what would otherwise be waste refinery gases. Over $400,000 was spent on the addition of this unit".

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Title Catalytic polymerization unit at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, 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

Creator Streib, Art (photographer)

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-m12270

Identifier 41069 (accession number), CHS-41069 (call number), CHS-41069 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11771 (legacy record id), chs-m12270 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12423 (legacy record id), 84-1-1832 (microfiche number), USC (project), 12-50 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11771

Unique identifier UC130861

Legacy Identifier CHS-41069.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 21.1 in at 300dpi
41.5 cm × 53.6 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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