Us Official Photographs
Romana Americana Oil Refinery Ploesti
Ploesti, Rumania - Oblique of Romana Americana Oil Refinery. Tall columns in foreground are cracking towers. They are exceedingly complex in structure. If they can be destroyed the usefulness of the refinery is enormously reduced. However, they are ruggedly built, and experience proved that only direct hits could knock them out. Annotations: (1) distillation unit, (2) boiler houses, (3) distillation and cracking.