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Caisson launching operation group

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description148
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 15, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a group of men concerned with the caisson dock construction. From left is Messrs., Cam Jenkinson, George Malby, McCallum, Hal Whiting, J. B. Whitton, S. T. Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Dick Hermann. View is of three floating caissons that were being towed into position for sinking, creating the smelter dock.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
142
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 15, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a group of men concerned with the caisson dock construction. From left is Messrs., Cam Jenkinson, George Malby, McCallum, Hal Whiting, J. B. Whitton, S. T. Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Dick Hermann. View is of three floating caissons that were being towed into position for sinking, creating the smelter dock.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-362. -- Messrs. Jenkinson, Wynne-Jones, and Hermann all work for Alcan Engineering under the Resident Engineer George Malby. Messrs. J.B. Whitton and Van Houten work for the consulting firm of Frederick R. Harris & Co. of New York, N.Y. Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.212
Name Access
Hermann, Dick
Jenkinson, Cam
Malby, George
McCallum, Mr.
Van Houten, Mr.
Whiting, Hal
Whitton, J. B.
Wynne-Jones, Mr.
Subject Access
Smeltersite
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Images

Morrison-Knudsen Company superintendents

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description92
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 28, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Morrison-Knudsen Company superintendents in front of the office building at Camp No. 5, Kemano. Second from left, Thomas R. Hooper, Carpenter Superintendent.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
86
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 28, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Morrison-Knudsen Company superintendents in front of the office building at Camp No. 5, Kemano. Second from left, Thomas R. Hooper, Carpenter Superintendent.
Notes
Alcan ID No. 5793. -- Title based on contents of photograph. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Camps
Images
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
20 August 1957
Accession Number
2005.8.3064
Scope and Content
Photo showing UN Film "Power Among Men", Albert Snopajtis plays himself
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3064
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
20 August 1957
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 6" x 6"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1)Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing UN Film "Power Among Men", Albert Snopajtis plays himself
Name Access
Snopajtis, Albert
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Power Among Men
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Morrison-Knudsen Company Engineering Department staff

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description93
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 06, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Morrison-Knudsen Company Engineering Department staff in the Kemano office.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
87
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
December 06, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Morrison-Knudsen Company Engineering Department staff in the Kemano office.
Notes
Alcan ID No. KR-691. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Camps
Images

Morrison-Knudsen Company administration office exterior

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description94
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 06, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Morrison-Knudsen Company administration offices in Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
88
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 06, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Morrison-Knudsen Company administration offices in Kemano.
Notes
Alcan ID No. 5793. -- The office is a quonset hut. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of the buildings at the Townsite Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
215
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of the buildings at the Townsite Camp.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Willard Stewart Collection 983.52.23
Subject Access
Camps
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
April 24, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of East Tahtsa camp, end of the road from Burns Lake.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
22
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of East Tahtsa camp, end of the road from Burns Lake.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- Alcan no. KR-880. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
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

Panorama of Camp No. 5

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description96
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
February 16, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a panoramic view of Camp No. 5 in Kemano at the foot of Mount DuBose.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
90
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
February 16, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a panoramic view of Camp No. 5 in Kemano at the foot of Mount DuBose.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Storage Location
Box 23
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
2002.32.17
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Camp No. 5 in Kemano with quonset hut crew quarters.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
91
Accession Number
2002.32.17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Camp No. 5 in Kemano with quonset hut crew quarters.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fritz Wurster Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 20, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village", looking north-east along one of the streets in the Wachwas trailer camp in winter.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
94
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
January 20, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village", looking north-east along one of the streets in the Wachwas trailer camp in winter.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-702. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1953
Accession Number
73.3.4.1
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Campbell-Bennett Camp in the foreground, with the C.N.R. grade looking north from the sandhill.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
211
Accession Number
73.3.4.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Campbell-Bennett Camp in the foreground, with the C.N.R. grade looking north from the sandhill.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Negative No. 25284. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

New stairway at Camp No. 2600

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 17, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the new stairway leading up a bank to crew quarters at Camp No. 2600.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
62
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 17, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the new stairway leading up a bank to crew quarters at Camp No. 2600.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 5793. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

International Crawler at Camp No. 5

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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

Anderson Hill Camp buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description220
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
999.4.4
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings at Anderson Hill Camp. Trailers and wash houses are in the foreground. The men's bunkhouses of Anderson Creek Camp are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
214
Accession Number
999.4.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings at Anderson Hill Camp. Trailers and wash houses are in the foreground. The men's bunkhouses of Anderson Creek Camp are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. John Manders Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

West Tahtsa Lake camp and intake

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
27
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4" x 3"
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images

West Tahtsa Lake tent camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
28
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-26. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images

Horetzky Camp quonset hut construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description38
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Description Level
Item
Item Number
32
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Camp No. 5 mess hall interior

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description103
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 10, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men gathered inside the mess hall at Camp. No. 5, Kemano for the 6:30 p.m sitting.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
97
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 10, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men gathered inside the mess hall at Camp. No. 5, Kemano for the 6:30 p.m sitting.
Notes
Alcan ID No. KR-417. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

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