General Petroleum's catalytic reformer, Torrance, ca.1958

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Photograph of General Petroleum's catalytic reformer, Torrance, ca.1958. Two towers stand tall amidst a maze of piping at left. This system of pipes stretches to the right, where it connects to several tanks. Behind this elaborate setup stand two smoke stacks, the rightmost one poking out of a house-like structure. In the background,, a cylindrical tank and several other stacks can be discerned. At right stretches a field lined with utility poles, behind which one can see houses in the far distance.; Photoprint reads: "This 12,000 barrel daily catalytic reformer recently went on stream at General Petroleum Corporation's Torrance Refinery. Its purpose is to improve straight run gasoline by treatment at high pressure and high temperature in the presence of a platinum catalyst. The towers on the left are the stripper, fractionator, and stabilizer".

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Title General Petroleum's catalytic reformer, Torrance, ca.1958

Subject General Petroleum Corp. (subject), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1958-01-24

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1958-01-24

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-m8012

Identifier 41120 (accession number), CHS-41120 (call number), CHS-41120 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8338 (legacy record id), chs-m8012 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-8143 (legacy record id), 84-1-1372 (microfiche number), USC (project), 768-58 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8338

Unique identifier UC125860

Legacy Identifier CHS-41120.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
52.5 cm × 42.3 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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