Slide showing truck carring metal beams? for smelter construction at smeltersite. Powerlines on the left. Framework for another building visible in the distance.
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 truck carring metal beams? for smelter construction at smeltersite. Powerlines on the left. Framework for another building visible in the distance.
A Nylon carrying strap, it has a rubber grip and metal attachment pieces. the specific purpose of the strap is unknown, but it may attach to a camera or camera bag.
A Nylon carrying strap, it has a rubber grip and metal attachment pieces. the specific purpose of the strap is unknown, but it may attach to a camera or camera bag.
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
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of dredging pontoons carrying 24" discharge pipes. Looking west from end of N/S mole. Bunkhouses in background.
Kitimat Fire Department Miscellaneous Equipment
1. Gate Value
2. Light-chrome headlight
3. Brass nozzles "Powhatter"
4. Brass nozzles Amerocan La France
5. Gated T brass value
6. Alligator horse clamp
Kitimat Fire Department Miscellaneous Equipment
1. Gate Value
2. Light-chrome headlight
3. Brass nozzles "Powhatter"
4. Brass nozzles Amerocan La France
5. Gated T brass value
6. Alligator horse clamp
1a. Ski with binding-Rossignol- Hickory- length 218cm-86"app -binding was made By Harvey Dodds patent 1947-Chalet Micromatic- Made in France.
1b. Ski as above minus binding.
2a-b matched set of ski pole-aluminum length 49" 124cm app leather hand grips and trim - 2b has some string attached
3 Ski pole leather trim length 431/2" 110cm
4 Ski pole woven hand grip leather trim length 46"117cm
5 Pick-galvanized steel
1a. Ski with binding-Rossignol- Hickory- length 218cm-86"app -binding was made By Harvey Dodds patent 1947-Chalet Micromatic- Made in France.
1b. Ski as above minus binding.
2a-b matched set of ski pole-aluminum length 49" 124cm app leather hand grips and trim - 2b has some string attached
3 Ski pole leather trim length 431/2" 110cm
4 Ski pole woven hand grip leather trim length 46"117cm
5 Pick-galvanized steel
