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Amoco Refinery, Whiting, Indiana

 

View of the Amoco Oil Refinery (now BP Whiting Refinery) located at 2815 Indianapolis Boulevard in Whiting, Indiana.

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Title:
Amoco Refinery, Whiting, Indiana
Date of Original:
1981
Identifier:
bru012_11_bF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3ct40
Type:
Image
Notes:
This refinery, which processes crude oil, became the largest refinery in the Midwest region. The first petroleum products were processed at this site in 1890.


Rights:
In copyright - non-commercial use permitted
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Architecture
Industrial buildings
Factories
Petroleum refineries

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002

Form:
Photographs
Medium:
color slides
Extent:
35 mm

Collection Information


Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Folder:
12
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Geographic Information

Whiting (Ind.)