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 looking south at temporary Kitimat wharf.
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 bulk cement storage silos at Kitimat wharf.
Photograph of view looking southwest from a point north of Kitimat terminal wharf #1 showing hydraulic dredge "townsend" at left, and the wharf Kangaroo Crane being erected at extreme right.
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of view looking southwest from a point north of Kitimat terminal wharf #1 showing hydraulic dredge "townsend" at left, and the wharf Kangaroo Crane being erected at extreme right.
Photograph of view of Kitimat terminal wharf #1 looking south from a point on conveyor gallery C1 showing the alumina handling plant, and rail being laid on the wharf deck.
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of Kitimat terminal wharf #1 looking south from a point on conveyor gallery C1 showing the alumina handling plant, and rail being laid on the wharf deck.
Photograph of a plane coming in to land on Douglas Channel. Plane is on the left side of the picture. Mountain in background. Cloudy day. Image has a pink tint.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a plane coming in to land on Douglas Channel. Plane is on the left side of the picture. Mountain in background. Cloudy day. Image has a pink tint.
Photograph of a float plane and wharf at smeltersite. A woman is walking along the wharf on the right. Yellow float plane is parked along the wharf on the left. Mountains in background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a float plane and wharf at smeltersite. A woman is walking along the wharf on the right. Yellow float plane is parked along the wharf on the left. Mountains in background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a float plane coming to land on Douglas Channel. Plane is on the far left. Mountain in background. Cloudy day. Image has a pink tint.
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.
Don Hall's Plane landing in the water. The tail of the aircraft has the letters CF-NZY? written on it, and the plane is red and white. There are trees in the and a huge mountiain in the background.
Don Hall's Plane landing in the water. The tail of the aircraft has the letters CF-NZY? written on it, and the plane is red and white. There are trees in the and a huge mountiain in the background.
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is on a tram landing, wearing a hard hat. Tram is in use moving on the slope. Lots of snow. River visible below.
Donated by Onorio Iacobelli's granddaughter, Francesca Iacobelli.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is on a tram landing, wearing a hard hat. Tram is in use moving on the slope. Lots of snow. River visible below.
