Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Shell Chemical Corporation synthetic rubber plant, in August 1955. Fourteen round butadiene storage tanks, called hortonspheres, sit atop elevated metal structures. Each has a winding stair connected to it, which leads to the ground below. A complex series of pipes streams from the right and connects to the tanks from their respective bases. In the background, at right, the tops of several tall vessels appear, alongside several stacks. Rows of cylindrical tanks line the far distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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