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Title: Richfield Oil Refinery explosion and fire, Signal Hill, petroleum storage tank collapsed
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: Following major oil fire, onlookers walk around site of burned and collapsed storage tank. Debris and twisted metal around site, oil wells intact around site.
Fire was most likely caused by damage sustained during 1933 earthquake
Type: image
Identifier: 693
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/LBFiremen/id/2014
Source: Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
CSUDH Archives
Relation: Oil Fires; Fire Damage; Debris
M0003

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