Photo depicts men on the tramway used for moving equipment and workers up the mountain. View is looking down on the Kemano Valley. Depicted lowering penstock liner.
Photo depicts men on the tramway used for moving equipment and workers up the mountain. View is looking down on the Kemano Valley. Depicted lowering penstock liner.
Photo depicts a worker watching as a 19-ton horizontal penstock liner is transported on an aerial tramway from Camp No. 5 to Camp No. 1600.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 2KR-81. -- This liner was the first and largest of the penstock liners. -- Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production in 1954 with Penstock No. 1. Alcan Collection
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