Original AP Wire Photo with a separate caption dated April 16, 1947, showing Monsanto's Texas City styrene plant approximately two months earlier. The elevated view shows factory buildings, tanks, towers and extensive pipework. The caption identifies the facility as a nine-million-five-hundred-thousand-dollar plant built in 1942, operated by Monsanto for the government during the war and purchased the previous autumn. Styrene is identified as an ingredient of synthetic rubber. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper. Photo measures 7¾ x 6¼ inches; separate original caption is included. Visible light edge wear and surface marks; caption is faded and age-discolored. Please examine photos for condition.
