Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1061. Alcan Collection 78.11.89
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.
Photo showing equipment for loading and unloading cargo at Alcan Dock. Freighter, "Canada Mail" tied up at wharf while another freighter is moored at dolphins waiting to unload in background.
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical
(1)Transportation
(a)Ships and Boats
Scope and Content
Photo showing equipment for loading and unloading cargo at Alcan Dock. Freighter, "Canada Mail" tied up at wharf while another freighter is moored at dolphins waiting to unload in background.
"The word leaked out that the beer truck was coming to the Government Refreshment Store in Kitimat last week and the people were lined up out front before the forklift could even unload the truck."
"The word leaked out that the beer truck was coming to the Government Refreshment Store in Kitimat last week and the people were lined up out front before the forklift could even unload the truck."
"At last...as fast as the fork lift in the background unloaded it, happy customers were toating home their 1-dozen ration. Some of the thirstier types were observed going through the lineup several times."
"At last...as fast as the fork lift in the background unloaded it, happy customers were toating home their 1-dozen ration. Some of the thirstier types were observed going through the lineup several times."
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"L" Commercial - 1970 - 1) Liquor Store 2) Library
