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Scope and Content: Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -; Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction; Other street areas for home sites; Tote road; Minette Bay; Townsite Camp; Early Haisla Blvd/Construction; Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction; City Centre culverts; Early Albatross Ave/Construction; Flood on River Access Road; Bridge Construction and Damage; Flood in Townsite Camp; First Fifty Houses; Water Line Instalations; Altitude Valve Chamber Fire; Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction; Sewer Installations; Seow Grid; Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay; White Truck on Fire; Smeltersite; Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction; Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction; Gully and Culvert; Ian Kennedy Panabode House; Kitamaat Village (distance); Prototype Houses; Kitimat River; Butedale from Air; Water Main Work; Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff; Anderson Creek Falls; Early Partridge and Plover Streets; Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed; Sewer Outfall and Construction; Slide from Albatross; Sandhill (distance); Slide on Lahakas Blvd; K550 Houses; Pump Houses Water Supply; Interior of Chlorinator House; Kitimat and Smelter Aerials; Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos

History / Biographical: John Constantine was a civil engineer involved in housing construction in Kitimat.

Scope and Content: Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -; Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction; Other street areas for home sites; Tote road; Minette Bay; Townsite Camp; Early Haisla Blvd/Construction; Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction; City Centre culverts; Early Albatross Ave/Construction; Flood on River Access Road; Bridge Construction and Damage; Flood in Townsite Camp; First Fifty Houses; Water Line Instalations; Altitude Valve Chamber Fire; Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction; Sewer Installations; Seow Grid; Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay; White Truck on Fire; Smeltersite; Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction; Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction; Gully and Culvert; Ian Kennedy Panabode House; Kitamaat Village (distance); Prototype Houses; Kitimat River; Butedale from Air; Water Main Work; Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff; Anderson Creek Falls; Early Partridge and Plover Streets; Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed; Sewer Outfall and Construction; Slide from Albatross; Sandhill (distance); Slide on Lahakas Blvd; K550 Houses; Pump Houses Water Supply; Interior of Chlorinator House; Kitimat and Smelter Aerials; Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos

Name Access: Morris, Niki; Bachynsky, Judy; Constantine, John; Stretton Jim; Kennedy, Ian; MacNaughton, Dan; Molyneax, John; Hamilton, Ian; Cosco, Nick; Bergstrom, Ray; Gotteslig, P; Greenall, J

Subject Access: Hullah Construction; Minette Bay; Haisla Bridge; Anderson Creek; Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.; Early Kitimat; Streets

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Scope and Content: Photocopied documents relating to John McLachlan's employment with Alcan. 1) Letter of employment, G. W. Whitehead (Alcan) to John McLachlan, offering position as Draughtsman in Kitimat. April 10th 1953 2) Letter of acceptance, John McLachlan to G.W. Whitehead. April 11th 1953 3) Alcan Personnel Department introduction form, to Mr. G. T. Malby, Resident Engineer, May 13th 1953 4) Invitation to join Retirement Income and Life Insurance Plan, Ian Maclean to John McLachlan, June 23rd 1954. 5) Account of duties as Senior Draughtsman, John McLachlan to W. H. Sparks, September 11th 1956.

History / Biographical: John McLachlan arrived in Kitimat in 1953 as a 23-year-old immigrant and went on to work at Alcan's Property Engineering Department for almost 40 years. He started out as a land surveyor and cartographer in the town's early years and ended his career as a Senior Legal Draftsmen.

Scope and Content: Photocopied documents relating to John McLachlan's employment with Alcan. 1) Letter of employment, G. W. Whitehead (Alcan) to John McLachlan, offering position as Draughtsman in Kitimat. April 10th 1953 2) Letter of acceptance, John McLachlan to G.W. Whitehead. April 11th 1953 3) Alcan Personnel Department introduction form, to Mr. G. T. Malby, Resident Engineer, May 13th 1953 4) Invitation to join Retirement Income and Life Insurance Plan, Ian Maclean to John McLachlan, June 23rd 1954. 5) Account of duties as Senior Draughtsman, John McLachlan to W. H. Sparks, September 11th 1956.