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Shell Oil Company

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1917 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first oil tanker, the Lyman Stewart, to deliver gasoline to the Shell dock at Barnet, as it turns towards pier. The delivery came from California. The smoke in the background is from the huge Dollarton Sawmill on north shore of Burrard Inlet. The Shell installation was later rel…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1917 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-491
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the first oil tanker, the Lyman Stewart, to deliver gasoline to the Shell dock at Barnet, as it turns towards pier. The delivery came from California. The smoke in the background is from the huge Dollarton Sawmill on north shore of Burrard Inlet. The Shell installation was later relocated to the foot of Kensington Avenue.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Inlets
Buildings - Industrial - Refineries
Names
Shell Oil Company
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Barnet Road
Street Address
7790 Barnet Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Less detail

Standard Oil Stanovan Refinery

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Standard Oil Company Stanovan Refinery process area, Burrard Inlet. The area is lit up at night. Photograph of the Standard Oil Refinery at night. After the government broke up Standard Oil in 1911, its West Coast operations became the Standard Oil of California (SoCal), owning t…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
052-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Standard Oil Company Stanovan Refinery process area, Burrard Inlet. The area is lit up at night. Photograph of the Standard Oil Refinery at night. After the government broke up Standard Oil in 1911, its West Coast operations became the Standard Oil of California (SoCal), owning the Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Ltd, and adopting the name Chevron in the 1970's.
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Refineries
Names
Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited
Chevron Corporation
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Industrial Photographers
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Eton Street
Street Address
4403 Eton Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Less detail