Exterior of the Shell Chemical Corporation Synthetic rubber plant, in Torrance, August 1955

Photograph of the exterior of the Shell Chemical Corporation Synthetic rubber plant, in Torrance, August 1955. Several tall vessels stand atop a maze of pipes at center, while a set of horizontal pipes streams through the foreground. At right, a sheltered ladder leads up to a portion of a brick building, whilst strings from utility poles shoot overhead. In the foreground, the soil is covered with small piles of rubble