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Johnson Crooks housing Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29787
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19-30 Aug 1955
Accession Number
2020.1.5
Scope and Content
Johnson Crooks housing Construction
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.1.5
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19-30 Aug 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 8.7 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 9.8 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Johnson Crooks housing Construction
Subject Access
Construction
Housing
Geographic Access
Kitimat
Storage Location
photograph storage

Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Pat Jimenez Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harverster Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.82
Subject Access
Camps
Transmission line
Construction
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
33
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Notes
Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.71
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Truck on Horetzky Valley Road

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description40
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
Item Number
34
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company had several roads such as this one, constructed to get workers and equipment to the various work sites for tunnel construction. 985.65.80
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Truck on Horetzky Valley Road

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28714
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
34
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company had several roads such as this one, constructed to get workers and equipment to the various work sites for tunnel construction. 985.65.80
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

International Crawler at Camp No. 5

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description98
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International crawler hauling one of the temporary living quarters at Camp No. 5 in Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
92
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company.
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International crawler hauling one of the temporary living quarters at Camp No. 5 in Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- The International Harvester Company were manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.77
Subject Access
Camps
Images

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