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Chevron Richmond Refinery, As Deconstruction Through Petroleum
The refinery at Richmond, California as shot from an Amtrak train. |
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A storage tank for petroleum products, when photographed at dawn, becomes a symbol of the past in this new century. Notice the stairs and ladder. They can be used to judge the huge size of this tank.
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A helicopter landing area was marked on the bottom of an old storage pond. Next to
it was another tank for storing petroleum products.
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Many pipes became the backbone of the refinery. They were used to move products from tank to tank or from import to export.
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Power lines ran through the center of the refinery. In the foreground were cooling devices.
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Three storage tanks lit by the rising sun with a high tension tower in the foreground edge.
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All of the tanks appeared to be numbered. This particular tank was numbered 1051.
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A big pipe was routed up and over an access road. Contrast the size of this pipe to the smaller pipes
next to it in the shot.
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