Photograph of the Delta King during her days as a housing ship for the single men of the alcan project. Several buildings of said project can be seen in the background.
Photograph of the Delta King during her days as a housing ship for the single men of the alcan project. Several buildings of said project can be seen in the background.
Photo depicts Sam Hanna directing a crane operator in hoisting a crucible filled with molten aluminum on a potline.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears in "The Story of British Columbia", The Story of Canada Series, 1966. Alcan Collection