Photograph of the steel jaws of cranes that have cleared stumps from the roadside between the wharf and the townsite, along what may become known as Edinburgh Boulevard. Thundering Euclids and huge fires have disposed of unsightly timber, leaving a pleasant road side view. The picture shows one of the last truck loads of waste to be cleared away.
Photograph of the steel jaws of cranes that have cleared stumps from the roadside between the wharf and the townsite, along what may become known as Edinburgh Boulevard. Thundering Euclids and huge fires have disposed of unsightly timber, leaving a pleasant road side view. The picture shows one of the last truck loads of waste to be cleared away.
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 steel work for carbon paste building. Potlines 1 and 2.
Slide showing crane in river loading material into a dump truck. Likely for the start of the Haisla Bridge construction. Other people standing on left shore.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing crane in river loading material into a dump truck. Likely for the start of the Haisla Bridge construction. Other people standing on left shore.
