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Shell Chemical Corporation barge

  • Circa 1953

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General view of the Shell Corporation's oceanic barge, known as "Ammonia Mariner." The barge was used to transport approximately 50,000 tons of ammonia fertilizer each year from Pittsburg, California to storage terminals in the Pacific Northwest.

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  • 8 in. H x 10 in. W
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  • (On verso) "Please Credit Shell Chemical Corporation"
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 4

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“Shell Chemical Corporation Barge,” circa 1953. Travis P. Hignett Collection of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory Photographs, Box 4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/sf268515r.

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