Richfield Oil Corp. research plant, looking southeast

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Aerial view of Richfield Oil Corp. research plant, located on Crescent Way and Muller Street and adjacent to the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Anaheim view is looking slightly southeast. Crescent Way is diagonally at forefront, bending just below the 5 freeway (middle left), and paralleling it to top left Muller Street starts at middle left, and runs slightly diagonally to upper right the Santa Ana (5) Freeway is diagonally middle left to top left. Several large groves can be seen scattered throughout among the neighborhoods. Photograph dated November 14, 1956. The $2,500,000. research and development center of the Richfield Oil Corp. was built on a 20-acre site adjacent to the Santa Ana Freeway at the west edge of Anaheim, and opened on October 23, 1956. It comprises a laboratory building, administration building, pilot plant, engine laboratory building, shops and a warehouse building.