Avery Avenue Storage plant in Detroit
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Description
View of the Avery Avenue Storage plant in Detroit, Michigan. Cylindrical storage tanks with signs: "Mobilgas; Gargoyle Mobiloil; industrial fuel oil domestic." Row of freight cars on railroad tracks in front of tanks; "Mobilgas" painted on one car. Cars parked in foreground; two water towers in background.
Details
- Creator:
- White Star Refining Co.
- Resource ID:
- na000349
- Subject:
- White Star Refining Co.
- Petroleum--Storage--Michigan--Detroit
- Oil storage tanks--Michigan--Detroit
- Petroleum--Transportation--Michigan--Detroit
- Tank cars--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Petroleum industry and trade--Michigan
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- c.1939
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/White Star Refining Co., Box 2
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.