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Aerial of the Overall Smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16885
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.315
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial of the overall smelter construction-potrooms, caissons, Carbon Paste Plant.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.315
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial of the overall smelter construction-potrooms, caissons, Carbon Paste Plant.
Subject Access
Smelter

Aerial view of smelter operation

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description152
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of smelter operation in Kitimat.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
146
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of smelter operation in Kitimat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Public Relations Department ID No. ICT 177-30 Fred Busby Collection 2002.27
Subject Access
Smelters
Images
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 November 1952
Accession Number
985.65.126
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of Smeltersite looking east.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.126
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 November 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of Smeltersite looking east.
Subject Access
Aerial

Aerial of Smelter Project

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16855
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.346ABC
Scope and Content
Photo showing an overall aerial of the whole smelter project from beginning to end.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.346ABC
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
3 photographs: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing an overall aerial of the whole smelter project from beginning to end.
Subject Access
Aerial
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.377
Scope and Content
Photo showing activity on the wharf area of the construction of the Smelter, unloading material and storage building being built.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.377
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing activity on the wharf area of the construction of the Smelter, unloading material and storage building being built.
Subject Access
Smelter

Clearing for Smelter Project

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16798
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.384
Scope and Content
Photo showing clearing for roads and buildings for future construction by Holmes-Wilson Trucking Ltd of the Smelter project.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.384
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing clearing for roads and buildings for future construction by Holmes-Wilson Trucking Ltd of the Smelter project.
Subject Access
Smelter
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.313
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial of the overall smelter project and smeltersite.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.313
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial of the overall smelter project and smeltersite.
Subject Access
Smelter
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.316
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial of the sandhill, conveyor, concrete plant and Kitimat River.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.316
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial of the sandhill, conveyor, concrete plant and Kitimat River.
Subject Access
Smelter

Alcan Smeltersite Aerial

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16813
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.399
Scope and Content
Photo showing on going construction of the Alcan Smeltersite (aerial view), potlines, Carbon Paste Plant, conveyor for Storage Tanks, transformers.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.399
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing on going construction of the Alcan Smeltersite (aerial view), potlines, Carbon Paste Plant, conveyor for Storage Tanks, transformers.
Subject Access
Smelter

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.
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
Images

Smelter under Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description17021
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
985.65.198
Scope and Content
Photo showing the proposed smelter under construction, steelyard, potline foundations, etc
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.198
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing the proposed smelter under construction, steelyard, potline foundations, etc
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

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.
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
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Aerial view of caisson construction in the graving dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description147
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.
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
Images
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
985.65.191
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of the graving dock looking north showing caisson contruction nearing its final stages, the smelter site is in the background.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.191
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of the graving dock looking north showing caisson contruction nearing its final stages, the smelter site is in the background.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14969
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Accession Number
2009.1.15
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd. from the Hudson's Bay Store
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Creator
Frank Diersen
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2009.1.15
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd. from the Hudson's Bay Store
Name Access
Diersen, Frank
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
28 August 1952
Accession Number
985.65.109
Scope and Content
Photo showing view looking west of Kitimat Office on the left, Smeltersite towards the back.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.109
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
28 August 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing view looking west of Kitimat Office on the left, Smeltersite towards the back.
Subject Access
Smeltersite
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.376
Scope and Content
Photo showing activity in the wharf of the proposed Smelter plant.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.376
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing activity in the wharf of the proposed Smelter plant.
Subject Access
Smeltersite
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
18 June 1953
Accession Number
985.65.246
Scope and Content
Photo showing Smelter Site looking east showing progress of structural steel and cladding in Potline #2 and concrete substructure in potline #1.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.246
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
18 June 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Smelter Site looking east showing progress of structural steel and cladding in Potline #2 and concrete substructure in potline #1.
Subject Access
pot lines
Part Of
Bud Powell Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
2022.22.59
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite looking northeast, showing service buildings at left, rectifier building #102 and potline #2, pre-cast concrete yard in foreground.
Part Of
Bud Powell Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.22.59
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
History / Biographical
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite looking northeast, showing service buildings at left, rectifier building #102 and potline #2, pre-cast concrete yard in foreground.
Notes
BC-2-345
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Smeltersite
Construction
Potlines
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Storage Area and Alcan Smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35130
Part Of
Bud Powell Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2022.22.115
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking northwest showing storage area with smelter in background. Smoke coming from smelter, and another area to the left.
Part Of
Bud Powell Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.22.115
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
History / Biographical
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking northwest showing storage area with smelter in background. Smoke coming from smelter, and another area to the left.
Notes
J-43-1839
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Smeltersite
Storage Location
Photograph storage

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