New Instantaneous teletype service direct to Montreal from the Aluminum Company's smeltersite offices will greatly speed up communications, company officials report. Here Miss Harriet Filips operates the existing model 15 composite teletype machine which will be replaced this week. The first message is expected on the direct service this Friday morning. The new machine will send pre-set messages at the rate of 60 words per minute. Eventually it is hoped to link all sales offices across Canada with the Alcan teletype network. Customer service will be much better said one Alcan executive this week.
New Instantaneous teletype service direct to Montreal from the Aluminum Company's smeltersite offices will greatly speed up communications, company officials report. Here Miss Harriet Filips operates the existing model 15 composite teletype machine which will be replaced this week. The first message is expected on the direct service this Friday morning. The new machine will send pre-set messages at the rate of 60 words per minute. Eventually it is hoped to link all sales offices across Canada with the Alcan teletype network. Customer service will be much better said one Alcan executive this week.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr. vice president and General manager of the Aluminum company of Canada, and Mr. Eva Waldie, the superviser of communications for the company as they watch the first message recieved in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in th world.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr. vice president and General manager of the Aluminum company of Canada, and Mr. Eva Waldie, the superviser of communications for the company as they watch the first message recieved in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in th world.
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Montreal, 1 April 1955- A.W. Whitaker, Jr, Vice-President and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited and Mrs. Eva Waldie, Supervisor of the Communications for the Company, watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world. Installed by the Trans-Canada Telephone System, it went into operation today and provides instant communication between Alcan's head office in the Sun Life Building, Montreal and the company's plant at Kitimat, 400 miles north of Vancouver, in British Columbia. Messages between these two points travel a distance in excess of 5200 miles. Alcan, which is presently producing 91,500 tons of aluminum a year at Kitimat, has announced plans for expanding Kitimat capacity to 330,000 tons and this direct communications link between Kitimat and the company head office is expected to prove invaluable.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-president and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd to watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-president and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd to watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world.
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On April 1 1955 - A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-President and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. watches as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world. Installed by the Trans-Canada Telephone system, it went into operation on that date to provide instant communication between Alcan's head office in Montreal and the company's plant at Kitimat.
The Hauns lived in Kemano, 1955-1969. In 1961, a major rock fall occurred in the tunnel delivering water to the turbines in the Kemano Powerhouse. Inspection and repair were needed. J.T. (Dale) Madill, Manager of BC Power Operations, inspected Penstock 2 together in a rubber raft, June 1961. The raft was recommended by Alcan head office, Montreal as the safest method to ride down with the water. To communicate, a hammer would be used on the penstock, a series of blows signaling stop, open the valve, and danger. The latter would not be needed "as there will be no danger". The raft had got hung up in the flat portion and had to be pushed along to the next incline. This plaque commemorates this event.
Custodial History
Donated by Bev and Carl Whicher. Ken Haun is Bev's father.
Scope and Content
Teletype sheet explaining the Penstock at Kemano, and the procedure to ride rubber rafts through them to locate a fault.
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This sheet is related to plaque under 2021.51.3a (under artifacts).
This item is part of a large collection of photographs from Prince Rupert Daily News that was first transfered to the Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives. Images pertaining to Kitimat/Kemano were subsequently transfered to our repository.
Scope and Content
Photograph of new helipad in place on the narrow catwalk on Alcan's catenary system high above the valley in the Kildala Pass.
Photograph of the Kitimat trail system. This map includes the Hirsch Creek Trail, Kitimat River- Hirsch Creep loop, Robinson Lake loop, and Mickey's Cove Trail.
Photograph of the Kitimat trail system. This map includes the Hirsch Creek Trail, Kitimat River- Hirsch Creep loop, Robinson Lake loop, and Mickey's Cove Trail.
Photo showing Helge Ronneseth and Kurt Zeiner from Norway. Alcan employees who first heard of Kitimat from an early copy of the Northern Sentinel; arrived as crew members of S.S. Sun Karen
Photo showing Helge Ronneseth and Kurt Zeiner from Norway. Alcan employees who first heard of Kitimat from an early copy of the Northern Sentinel; arrived as crew members of S.S. Sun Karen
Photograph of Reeve Sam Lindsay, left with works Manager Gerry Gwyn and Ingot editor Jack Fossum standing by cuts ribbon marking opening of Alcan's new office building.
Photograph of Reeve Sam Lindsay, left with works Manager Gerry Gwyn and Ingot editor Jack Fossum standing by cuts ribbon marking opening of Alcan's new office building.
