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Road Building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14448
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
73.3.3.2
Scope and Content
Photo showing Alcan project smeltersite building temporary road across a body of water.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.3.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photogaph: b&w; 4" x 3" 1 photograph : b&w ; 8" x 10"
Scope and Content
Photo showing Alcan project smeltersite building temporary road across a body of water.
Subject Access
Smelters
Kitimat-Kemano Project
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Aerial View Smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description15411
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
78.11.35
Scope and Content
Photograph showing smelter industiral area, the graving dock
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.35
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing smelter industiral area, the graving dock
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Smelters
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Caisson Construction for Alcan dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description146
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 30, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of caisson construction in their graving dock. The view is looking north at the timber bulkheads being installed.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
140
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 30, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of caisson construction in their graving dock. The view is looking north at the timber bulkheads being installed.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-342. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.203
Subject Access
Smelters
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Potline workers

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three potline workers.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
148
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three potline workers.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
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Inside a potline

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Accession Number
78.11.147
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Sam Hanna directing a crane operator in hoisting a crucible filled with molten aluminum on a potline.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
149
Accession Number
78.11.147
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Malak Karsh
Date Range
1966
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Sam Hanna directing a crane operator in hoisting a crucible filled with molten aluminum on a potline.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears in "The Story of British Columbia", The Story of Canada Series, 1966. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
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Hal Whiting and [colleague] smelter pre-construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description138
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951 or 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kitimat Constructors Project Manager Hal Whiting on right, standing beside a unidentified man. Both watch the construction activity occurring down on the tidal flats in front of them, site for the smelter.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
132
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951 or 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kitimat Constructors Project Manager Hal Whiting on right, standing beside a unidentified man. Both watch the construction activity occurring down on the tidal flats in front of them, site for the smelter.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.99
Name Access
Whiting, Hal
Subject Access
Smelters
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Aerial view of caisson construction in the graving dock

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 01, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the three caissons in their graving dock nearing completion.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
141
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 01, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the three caissons in their graving dock nearing completion.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-323. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.191
Subject Access
Smelters
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Alcan Administration Bld - Post Card

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19722
Part Of
Anonymous Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Accession Number
1980.41.01
Scope and Content
Photograph of Business ; Industrial ; Alcan ; Structure ; Building ; Alcan Administration
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Part Of
Anonymous Collection
Creator
Wilson, Peter E.
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1980.41.01
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 Photograph print : colour ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Business ; Industrial ; Alcan ; Structure ; Building ; Alcan Administration
Name Access
Wilson, Peter
Subject Access
Smelters
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Deep excavation for the alumina storage building, smelter site

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description150
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 30, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
144
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 30, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-451. -- Sloping sides avoided cave-ins. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.267
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