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2,000,000 ton of aluminum produced

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description15658
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 14 1966
Accession Number
78.11.137
Scope and Content
The crew of DC-3 casting machine raised the 15, 000 lb ingot containing the two millionth ton of aluminum production at Kitimat Works on October 14, 1966. Caption from article published in the Ingot. Asst. Works Manager T.L. "Bud" Gibson was on hand to congratulate DC-3 operator Manuel Trigo. Also shown in the photo from left are Bruno Unger, shift foreman, John Jeffrey, general foreman, Evaristo de Melo, asst. operator, Heinz Kaimbach, asst. op., Manuel DeCosta, shift foreman, Paul Loeffier, Op. slab saw, Mr. Gibson and Mr. Trigo; Casting Division Superintendent Jim Bell, Packaging and Shipping general foreman Bill Keith, day foreman Tony Coppens, Casting Superintendent Bob Reid, shift foreman Bernard Dicker, main. foreman Earl Welin and day foreman Helmut Benn. Dimensions of the ingot in the picture are 20 1/2" x 40" x 187". It weights 15, 147 lbs.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.137
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
October 14 1966
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 27x21
Scope and Content
The crew of DC-3 casting machine raised the 15, 000 lb ingot containing the two millionth ton of aluminum production at Kitimat Works on October 14, 1966. Caption from article published in the Ingot. Asst. Works Manager T.L. "Bud" Gibson was on hand to congratulate DC-3 operator Manuel Trigo. Also shown in the photo from left are Bruno Unger, shift foreman, John Jeffrey, general foreman, Evaristo de Melo, asst. operator, Heinz Kaimbach, asst. op., Manuel DeCosta, shift foreman, Paul Loeffier, Op. slab saw, Mr. Gibson and Mr. Trigo; Casting Division Superintendent Jim Bell, Packaging and Shipping general foreman Bill Keith, day foreman Tony Coppens, Casting Superintendent Bob Reid, shift foreman Bernard Dicker, main. foreman Earl Welin and day foreman Helmut Benn. Dimensions of the ingot in the picture are 20 1/2" x 40" x 187". It weights 15, 147 lbs.
Subject Access
Milestone
Production, Aluminum
Manufacturing

Ferguson 50 Ton Roller & Stripping Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32512
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2002.15.43
Scope and Content
Slide of ferguson 50 ton roller & stripping smeltersite. Kitimat BC.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.43
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of ferguson 50 ton roller & stripping smeltersite. Kitimat BC.
Storage Location
Slide storage

Belly Dump & 1/2 Ton Jeep

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32514
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2002.15.45
Scope and Content
Slide of belly dump & 1/2 ton jeep.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.45
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of belly dump & 1/2 ton jeep.
Storage Location
Slide storage

Land Clearing With a 5-Ton Steel Ball

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28008
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1952-1955]
Accession Number
73.3.3.23
Scope and Content
Photograph showing land clearing with a 5-ton steel ball.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.3.23
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1952-1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20.5cm x 25.5cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing land clearing with a 5-ton steel ball.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
2002.15.76
Scope and Content
Slide of aluminum storage tank.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.76
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of aluminum storage tank.
Storage Location
Slide storage

Aluminum Company of Canada Trainee Manual

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34831
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2021.44
Scope and Content
Book titled "Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. Employee Training Division Montreal Trainee Manual", with a dark green cover, and an image of an aluminum ingot in the centre. Includes a letter from P. E. Radley to Mr. W.S. Mosher, explaining that this manual was sent as a sort of "guidebook" for British Columbia Employees, instead of a tour of the Eastern Canada plants.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2021.44
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 book 1 letter
Custodial History
Donated by Bev Engen
Scope and Content
Book titled "Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. Employee Training Division Montreal Trainee Manual", with a dark green cover, and an image of an aluminum ingot in the centre. Includes a letter from P. E. Radley to Mr. W.S. Mosher, explaining that this manual was sent as a sort of "guidebook" for British Columbia Employees, instead of a tour of the Eastern Canada plants.
Name Access
Mosher, W.S.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 21

Construction of First Two Apartment Buildings in Block 56

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35337
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2022.25.57
Scope and Content
Photograph of the construction of the first two apartment buildings in block 56. Base and frameworks being built. Some men visible working.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.57
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the construction of the first two apartment buildings in block 56. Base and frameworks being built. Some men visible working.
Notes
J-2-96
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite
Construction
Apartments

West View of Aluminum Structure for the Kildala Substation.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16750
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 Sep 1956
Accession Number
76.66.478
Scope and Content
View looking West of the Cluminum stracture for the Kildala substation, also showing the two pole structure.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
76.66.478
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 Sep 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
View looking West of the Cluminum stracture for the Kildala substation, also showing the two pole structure.
Notes
J-2-478
Subject Access
Structure
Geographic Access
Kildala Neighbourhood
Storage Location
photograph storage

Downstream End of two Multiplate Culverts at Lahakas & Haisla Blvds After Large Rainfall

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35345
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2022.25.65
Scope and Content
Photograph of downstream end of the two multiplate culverts at Lahakas & Haisla Blvds. after a 24 hour rainfall of 3.18". Two men are standing up on road looking at water.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.65
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of downstream end of the two multiplate culverts at Lahakas & Haisla Blvds. after a 24 hour rainfall of 3.18". Two men are standing up on road looking at water.
Notes
J-2-182
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite
Riverlodge Camp
Dyke road
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2002.15.54
Scope and Content
Slide of Kitimat River.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.54
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of Kitimat River.
Storage Location
Slide storage
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2002.15.176
Scope and Content
Slide of Kitimat River.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.176
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of Kitimat River.
Storage Location
Slide storage
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2002.15.186
Scope and Content
Slide of painting of Kitimat town plan.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.186
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of painting of Kitimat town plan.
Storage Location
Slide storage
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2002.15.189
Scope and Content
Slide of Kitimat River Bridge.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.189
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of Kitimat River Bridge.
Storage Location
Slide storage
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2002.15.190
Scope and Content
Slide of Kitimat River.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.190
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of Kitimat River.
Storage Location
Slide storage
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Series
Date Range
1952-1953
Accession Number
2002.15.351-366
Scope and Content
Photographs of various smeltersite images including scenery, trucks, machinery, and people standing with machinery.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2002.15.351-366
Date Range
1952-1953
Physical Description
8 negatives print ; b&w
Scope and Content
Photographs of various smeltersite images including scenery, trucks, machinery, and people standing with machinery.
Subject Access
Industry
Storage Location
Negative storage
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Series
Date Range
1952-1953
Accession Number
2002.15.367-373
Scope and Content
Photographs of various images of Ktimat including a tipped truck, the sandhill, Kitamaat Village, and a man standing near an old wood buidling.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2002.15.367-373
Date Range
1952-1953
Physical Description
7 negatives print ; b&w
Scope and Content
Photographs of various images of Ktimat including a tipped truck, the sandhill, Kitamaat Village, and a man standing near an old wood buidling.
Subject Access
Industry
Storage Location
Negative storage
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 1964
Accession Number
989.1.7
Scope and Content
Photo showing Aerial Kitimat, Nechako neighborhood, Douglas Channel and scenery.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
989.1.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 1964
Physical Description
1 photograph; col.; 20.4 x 25.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Aerial Kitimat, Nechako neighborhood, Douglas Channel and scenery.
Subject Access
Aerial

Incorporation of Kitimat

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32027
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.16
Scope and Content
Letter describing Frederic A. DeLory's early days in Kitimat.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Frederic A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.16
Physical Description
1 letter print ; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Letter describing Frederic A. DeLory's early days in Kitimat.
Name Access
DeLory, Fred
Storage Location
Curator's Office Bay 2 Shelf 2 Box 59
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2017.12
Scope and Content
Two boxes of photographs and negatives showing early Kitimat and Alcan.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2017.12
Physical Description
47 negatives : colour ; 6 photographs print : colour ; 9.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Two boxes of photographs and negatives showing early Kitimat and Alcan.
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
City Centre
Hirsch Creek
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 1
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2022.25.21
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Kitimat Hotel in Service Centre. There are cars and trucks parked outside of it. There is an X with arrows drawn on the side of the building showing where the dining room for reception is.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.21
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Kitimat Hotel in Service Centre. There are cars and trucks parked outside of it. There is an X with arrows drawn on the side of the building showing where the dining room for reception is.
Notes
J-2-70
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Kitimat Hotel
Vehicles

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