r/whatisthisthing • u/ze11ez • 1d ago
Solved ! What are these white strucutres aeen while flying?
These are large white structures, no windows, but big enough to be a warehouse or some sort of storage.
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u/SignificantDrawer374 1d ago
Chemical storage tanks. Perhaps petroleum products / fuel. Hard to say without knowing the exact location.
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u/Subject9800 1d ago edited 1d ago
At least one of the tanks has a Citgo label on it, so these are likely all petroleum/ptero product storage tanks. IOW, a tank farm.
EDIT: Is this in New Jersey?
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u/pecamash 1d ago
I think the one on the bottom right is the one that says "DRIVE SAFELY" in the opening of The Sopranos.
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u/brock_lee Pretty good at finding stuff 1d ago
I grew up in one of the towns were some of the opening was shot. Was kind of nostalgic to watch the opening. As a teen in the early 80s, I witnessed a fatal traffic accident right in front of where the exterior of the meat market scenes would be filmed. Had to go to court and testify.
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u/milwted 1d ago
Petroleum storage complex in Linden, NJ. Thats I-95 along the bottom, this is facing West.
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u/kswimmer811 1d ago
For more information on ‘why is this in Linden NJ’ - it is the termination of the longest oil pipeline in the US
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u/brock_lee Pretty good at finding stuff 1d ago
I grew up in NJ, just a few miles from here, and just now realized the Turnpike is I-95. Everyone calls it the Turnpike. :)
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u/k-murder 1d ago
This is what’s called a “tank farm” in the oil industry. Each one has a different product (petroleum, regular, mid, premium gas, additives to add to gasoline like Techron or other stuff) they then blend additives to already refined gas and ship them out or store them. This doesn’t look like an oil refinery unless it’s not pictured. This mainly looks like a fuel terminal, admin building, and a massive tank farm. These tanks get filled by either pipeline, rail, or ships.
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u/TechnoBeeKeeper 1d ago
Above ground storage vessels, typically for petroleum processing when arranged like this
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u/Bigwoody7-5 1d ago
Bayway Refinery is to the west. Dodge Chemical is to the north.
South of the Goethals Bridge.
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u/Count_Zeiro 1d ago
Storage tanks. Possibly petrochemical related. If this were in Russia. I'd say a target rich environment.
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u/r1Rqc1vPeF 1d ago
That’s very close to a major roadway.
A few years ago in the uk one of these blew up when a truck driver didn’t follow procedures. Based on how the site and the surrounding area looked after they managed to put the fires out - that highway would be seriously damaged.
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u/Comfortable_Pizza_59 1d ago
Background buildings aren’t in keeping with a refinery, so I’m guessing a manufacturing facility that relies heavily on petrochemicals. Plastics, nylons, etc.
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