Photograph of concrete pouring on the site of the new potlines is becoming an everyday occurence, with the speeded progress Saguenay Kitimat construction. Early concrete foundations are for electrical installations. Hundreds of new employees will hasten work when the new Anderson Creek camp is made available on May 1.
Photograph of concrete pouring on the site of the new potlines is becoming an everyday occurence, with the speeded progress Saguenay Kitimat construction. Early concrete foundations are for electrical installations. Hundreds of new employees will hasten work when the new Anderson Creek camp is made available on May 1.
Photo showing Skaglund Logging moving a portable steel spar, mounted on an army tank chassis, from the Canadian National Railway yards to a logging operation on the Reserve of the Kildala Dyke.
Photo showing Skaglund Logging moving a portable steel spar, mounted on an army tank chassis, from the Canadian National Railway yards to a logging operation on the Reserve of the Kildala Dyke.
Photo showing on behalf of the Teamsters Union, Andy Borts presents a watch as a going away gift to Ed Lawson (now Senator Ed Lawson), popular Secretary of the Union local, leaving for a Vancouver posting. John Inman is seated in the background.
Photo showing on behalf of the Teamsters Union, Andy Borts presents a watch as a going away gift to Ed Lawson (now Senator Ed Lawson), popular Secretary of the Union local, leaving for a Vancouver posting. John Inman is seated in the background.
Photo depicts Sam Hanna directing a crane operator in hoisting a crucible filled with molten aluminum on a potline.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears in "The Story of British Columbia", The Story of Canada Series, 1966. Alcan Collection
Photo showing 'Kitmano' docked at Kemano, B.C. (part of the Alcan Project). L/R Bob Ashmore, Dan Hayes (Supt. Wharf Alcan: Kitimat Works); Arv Sestrap (Insurance, Charter Business); Canada Life, Resident, District Rep. Kitimat
Photo showing 'Kitmano' docked at Kemano, B.C. (part of the Alcan Project). L/R Bob Ashmore, Dan Hayes (Supt. Wharf Alcan: Kitimat Works); Arv Sestrap (Insurance, Charter Business); Canada Life, Resident, District Rep. Kitimat