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Richfield Oil Refinery Fire, Signal Hill, most likely caused by damage sustained during the 1933 earthquake

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Title: Richfield Oil Refinery Fire, Signal Hill, most likely caused by damage sustained during the 1933 earthquake
Date Created and/or Issued: June 2, 1933
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
Rights Information: Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission
Description: Onlookers watch as hose crews spray water into dense balck smoke of fire at refinery. Twisted metal and debris from initial explosion.
Type: Image
Identifier: 691
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/LBFiremen/id/2011
Source: Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
CSUDH Archives
Relation: Oil Wells; Oil Fires; Smoke; Earthquakes
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