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Title: Long Beach Harbor oil property subsidence
Creator: Port of Long Beach, (82356-11)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956-08-23
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/
Description: Oil wells and derricks are shown spread across the sand in a portion of Long Beach Harbor. Posts and a fire hydrant stand 12-15 feet above ground surface, where oil drilling land subsidence has occurred. Just to the right of center, two construction trucks and one worker are also shown in this image. DATE NOTES: On image back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: no. KEYWORDS: Oil, port.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_2264.tif
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/2218
Subject: Subsidences (Earth movements). Long Beach (Calif.)--Harbor. Petroleum industry and trade
Relation: Harbor - 1950's

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