Illustration depicts the extent of the Project, from the Kenney Dam and reservoir area to the transmission line and smelter. The future tunnel or the Kemano Completion Project is also included.
Illustration depicts the extent of the Project, from the Kenney Dam and reservoir area to the transmission line and smelter. The future tunnel or the Kemano Completion Project is also included.
Notes
Illustration from Alcan's publication "Kitimat-Kemano, Five Years of Operation, 1954-1959". Alcan Collection
Photo depicts a International diesel TD-24 spreading a layer of large stones at the base of the Nechako Dam.
Notes
ID no. C 5927. -- Title based on content of photo. -- These layers of various size rock stone and clay will all slope towards the rock fill at about a 45 degree pitch. Official naming ceremony renamed dam the Kenney Dam. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.56
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.