Photo depicts the dredge and dragline excavating the channel from the dock to deep water, a truck dumping gravel for the foundation blanket into the bottom of a dump scow. The view looks toward the construction site for the permanent wharf from the south dike of the graving dock, crew bunkhouses of Smeltersite in the background.
Photo depicts the dredge and dragline excavating the channel from the dock to deep water, a truck dumping gravel for the foundation blanket into the bottom of a dump scow. The view looks toward the construction site for the permanent wharf from the south dike of the graving dock, crew bunkhouses of Smeltersite in the background.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-320. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.211
Photograph of Mr. Ash paying his second visit after a period of five years. Mr. Ash toured the Alcan plant with other members of his party.
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Paying his second visit to Kitimat yesterday after a period of five years, was W.M.V. Ash President of Shell Oil Co. Ltd. Canada. Breaking his tour of the North, Mr. Ash toured the Alcan plant along with other members of his party. Mr. Ash is on the right.
