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 exterior, a plant composed of Butadiene producing facilities, in August 1955. Several fractioning columns shoot up from a convoluted maze of pipes and tanks. Metal-railed stairs lead from one level to the next, while cylindrical metal casings line ladders built into the columns. What appears to be a heavily populated area lines the distance, beneath the lines of utility poles. The background is otherwise neutral. Photoprint reads: "The heart of the butaldieve producing faciliites of the Shell Chmical Corp's synthetic rubber plant in Torrance -- scene shows pipes and fractioning columns. Butadiene is produced by splitting off hydrogen from butylene gas. The feedstock, butylene, is a by-product of oil refineries cracking process".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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