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Title
Valley area oil wells flow steadily
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated October 26, 1957 reads, "Prison holds captive oil - Located at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Wayside Honor Rancho at Castaic is Texas Company's casing head gasoline refinery which converts black gold from crude oil into gasoline at rate of thousands of barrels per day. Pool of oil located beneath prison yields $100 a day in revenue to help operate prison farm. Field was discovered seven years ago and has paid off more than $3,000,000 in royalties. Oil from nearby fields is converted at this plant, nearest major facility to San Fernando Valley. Newhall, Castaic and Saugus areas are rich in oil and is birthplace of industry in California."; See images #00115069 through #00115073 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00115069
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d016_f26_i25
CARL0005307173
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/49442
Subject
Petroleum industry and trade--California--Castaic
Petroleum refineries--California--Castaic
Oil industries--California--Castaic
Petroleum--California--Castaic
Prisons--California--Castaic
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Castaic (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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