![]() Ĭhevron oil tanker ( Mississippi Voyager)Ĭrude oil is delivered by, and refined products distributed by, oil tankers using a long wharf extending into San Francisco Bay. The presence of the burgeoning refinery transformed the small town of Richmond from a rural agricultural community with 200 residents to a company town of several thousand within a few years. Furthermore, Rheem continued on to be a key and historic civic figure in the City of Richmond. William Rheem played a key role in the facility's construction and implementation, being the project manager and the installation's first superintendent. In its first year of operation the plant could process 10,000 barrels (1,600 m 3) of oil per day and had a tankage capacity of 185,000 barrels (29,400 m 3) in that same first year. The complex was described as "colossal" at the time and to this day it remains a very large complex of its kind. ![]() The refinery was built by Standard Oil and its first headquarters was in an abandoned farm house at the former site of the Peters and Silva Farms. Construction on the refinery began in 1901 between the Potrero Hills and the marshlands in the Point Richmond District the refinery was opened in 1902. ![]() ![]() The refinery was established several years before the City of Richmond was incorporated in 1905. ![]()
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