| Creator |
Aero Service Corporation, photographer. |
| Title |
Atlantic Refining Company plant, 3314 Passyunk Avenue, Point Breeze, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1926 |
| Date |
1926 |
| Physical Description |
10 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.) |
| Description |
Aerial views of the Atlantic Refining Company (later Atlantic Richfield Co. or ARCO) petroleum refinery plant along the Schuylkill
River in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia. The company was founded as the Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company
in 1866 as a storage facility but quickly expanded operations to include refining as the possible uses of petroleum were discovered.
It was purchased by John D. Rockefeller in 1874 and became part of the Standard Oil Trust and became Atlantic Refining Company
after the Trust was dissolved in 1911. The facility is shown from several angles and altitudes and includes views of the refining
equipment and storage drums as well as boats and ships docked on the river.
|
| Notes |
Negative numbers: 6110, 6111, 6112, 6113, 6177, 6178, 6180, 6181, 6182, 6183. |
| Subject |
Atlantic Refining Company |
|
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Gas industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Petroleum industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Waterfronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Vessels |
| Geographic subject |
Point Breeze (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
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Passyunk Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3314. |
| Genre |
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930. |
|
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.6110-6113; P.8990.6177; P.8990.6178; P.8990.6180-6183] |
| Accession number |
P.8990.6110 |
|
P.8990.6111 |
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P.8990.6112 |
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P.8990.6113 |
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P.8990.6177 |
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P.8990.6178 |
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P.8990.6180 |
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P.8990.6181 |
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P.8990.6182 |
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P.8990.6183 |
