Coleccion Aruba > Browse >Biblioteca Nacional Aruba > CAT Cracker (#4502, Lago , Aruba, April-May 1944) (Morris, Nelson)
Creator: Morris, Nelson
Date: 1944-05
Description:
Caption: CAT Cracker.
Photographer: Nelson Morris (Standard Oil Company of New Jersey)
April-May 1944
1 b&w photograph; 8.61 x 11.97 cm.
Part of the LAGO Picture Collection
Courtesy of Biblioteca Nacional Aruba, the National Library of Aruba.
For inquiries and requests regarding use of (high-resolution) images for publications etc., please e-mail [email protected]. Please use the item identifier (to be found at the bottom of the image) in all communication/requests.
Notes:
See also Aruba Esso News July 21, 1944, p. 6. ./?BNA-DIG-ESSONEWS-1944-07-21/page/n5. English: "War Need Rushes Cat Cracker Turnaround. Strongly resembling a busy anthill from as many as 500 men working on it in a single 24-hour period, Lago's Cat Cracker was 'turned around' in 14 days last month, a total of 61,00 man-hours. The job was very much rushed since it fell within the 60-day period when military officials said the need for gasoline would be most critical. The repairs followed a record-making performance of exactly six months of continuous operation, the longest initial run of any cat cracker"
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Date: 1944-05
Description:
Caption: CAT Cracker.
Photographer: Nelson Morris (Standard Oil Company of New Jersey)
April-May 1944
1 b&w photograph; 8.61 x 11.97 cm.
Part of the LAGO Picture Collection
Courtesy of Biblioteca Nacional Aruba, the National Library of Aruba.
For inquiries and requests regarding use of (high-resolution) images for publications etc., please e-mail [email protected]. Please use the item identifier (to be found at the bottom of the image) in all communication/requests.
Notes:
See also Aruba Esso News July 21, 1944, p. 6. ./?BNA-DIG-ESSONEWS-1944-07-21/page/n5. English: "War Need Rushes Cat Cracker Turnaround. Strongly resembling a busy anthill from as many as 500 men working on it in a single 24-hour period, Lago's Cat Cracker was 'turned around' in 14 days last month, a total of 61,00 man-hours. The job was very much rushed since it fell within the 60-day period when military officials said the need for gasoline would be most critical. The repairs followed a record-making performance of exactly six months of continuous operation, the longest initial run of any cat cracker"
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Caribbean Area -- Netherlands Antilles -- Aruba -- San Nicolas -- Lago Oil Refinery Photographs Petroleum industry and trade -- Aruba Industries -- Aruba Buildings and structures -- Aruba photographs Aruba Lago Oil and Transport Co. Ltd. oil industry oil refineries industrial structures human interest LAGO Picture Collection people corant newspaper
Caribbean Area -- Netherlands Antilles -- Aruba -- San Nicolas -- Lago Oil Refinery Photographs Petroleum industry and trade -- Aruba Industries -- Aruba Buildings and structures -- Aruba photographs Aruba Lago Oil and Transport Co. Ltd. oil industry oil refineries industrial structures human interest LAGO Picture Collection people corant newspaper
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- https://coleccion.aw/show/?BNA-DIG-ESSONEWS-1944-07-21/page/n5
- https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=12.4315229,-69.9029219
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