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Postcard of Humble Oil's Baytown Refinery
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Front of post card notes "Light ends unit and storage tanks of Baytown Refinery, Humble Oil & Refining Company". Reverse reads: Baytown Refinery - Humble Oil & Refining Company. One of the nation's largest, located 23 miles southeast of Houston on the ship channel. Here 6,800 men and women direct and control the magic of heat, pressure, and chemistry to transform more than 240,000 barrels of crude oil a day inot the fuels, lubricants, and other petroleum products so necessary to our daily lives. Free conducted tours - 2:00 p.m. daily. Date unknown.
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Donated by Denise Reineke Fischer from the collection of Louis Van Meldert, 2004
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