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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
4 June 1953
Accession Number
985.65.239
Scope and Content
Photo showing unloading of Westing House Rectifier Transformers at scow grid from railway car to Alcan low-bed semitrailer.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.239
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
4 June 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing unloading of Westing House Rectifier Transformers at scow grid from railway car to Alcan low-bed semitrailer.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

Belly-dump Unloading Gravel on Compacted Fill

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Part Of
R. Keith Jamieson Fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2007.1.47
Scope and Content
Slide of belly-dump unloading gravel on compacted fill. Kitimat Smeltersite.
Part Of
R. Keith Jamieson Fonds
Creator
Jamieson, R. Keith
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2007.1.47
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide
History / Biographical
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of belly-dump unloading gravel on compacted fill. Kitimat Smeltersite.
Subject Access
Industry
Storage Location
Slide storage