Fonds consists of over 200 photograph slides and photograph negatives from 1952 & 1953. Images are of Caisson dock construction, wharf and smeltersite construction.
Approximately 200 photograph slides and photographs
History / Biographical
Fred DeLory was an engineer on the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. smeltersite construction project f rom 1952 to 1953. He worked in an office that was located uphill from where the first pot lines were located. He went on to become a professor of civil engineering at the University of Toronto.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of over 200 photograph slides and photograph negatives from 1952 & 1953. Images are of Caisson dock construction, wharf and smeltersite construction.
Photographs of bridge over Kitimat River replacing one taken out by a flood. Bunch of trees and debrees caught up on bottom of bridge. Two men are standing up on the bridge.
Fred DeLory worked for Arvida P.Q. and was transferred to Kitimat at the beginning of 1952. He was the first town engineer.
Scope and Content
Photographs of bridge over Kitimat River replacing one taken out by a flood. Bunch of trees and debrees caught up on bottom of bridge. Two men are standing up on the bridge.
Photographs of Kitamaat village taken from air over the camp. What appears to be a road going over the mountain is actually the clearing for the transmission line going to Kemano 49.6 miles away. Smoke is caused by burning off slack.
Fred DeLory worked for Arvida P.Q. and was transferred to Kitimat at the beginning of 1952. He was the first town engineer.
Scope and Content
Photographs of Kitamaat village taken from air over the camp. What appears to be a road going over the mountain is actually the clearing for the transmission line going to Kemano 49.6 miles away. Smoke is caused by burning off slack.
Photographs of dredging of the harbour by B.C. bridge + dredging Co. Ltd. Preparing site for smeltersite. In the background are bunkhouses, Hudson Bay Trading Co., homes; on the left (behind dredger) the Delta King.
Fred DeLory worked for Arvida P.Q. and was transferred to Kitimat at the beginning of 1952. He was the first town engineer.
Scope and Content
Photographs of dredging of the harbour by B.C. bridge + dredging Co. Ltd. Preparing site for smeltersite. In the background are bunkhouses, Hudson Bay Trading Co., homes; on the left (behind dredger) the Delta King.
Photographs of graving dock - caissons are built in a huge hole and then floated out to a stationary position and sunk. This is then the base of the wharf. Photo shows construction area with framework, and people working in a pit.
Fred DeLory worked for Arvida P.Q. and was transferred to Kitimat at the beginning of 1952. He was the first town engineer.
Scope and Content
Photographs of graving dock - caissons are built in a huge hole and then floated out to a stationary position and sunk. This is then the base of the wharf. Photo shows construction area with framework, and people working in a pit.
Two issues of British Columbia History featurning article "Transportation In Moving Men, Machines, and Materials on the Kitimat Project" by Louise Avery, and one Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure
British Columbia History. Journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation
Spring 2010
Vol. 43 No.1
Summer 2010
Vol. 43 No.2
Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure. At Our community museum you can... (1997)
Two issues of British Columbia History featurning article "Transportation In Moving Men, Machines, and Materials on the Kitimat Project" by Louise Avery, and one Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure
British Columbia History. Journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation
Spring 2010
Vol. 43 No.1
Summer 2010
Vol. 43 No.2
Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure. At Our community museum you can... (1997)
