Photo depicts Auguste Buteau, Alcan Conductor Division Inspector, stamping his initials into a completed joint for the transmission line to mark it as O.K.
Photo depicts Auguste Buteau, Alcan Conductor Division Inspector, stamping his initials into a completed joint for the transmission line to mark it as O.K.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1143. -- Mr. Buteau was from the Isle Maligne in Quebec. Each joint in the transmission line had to be inspected and stamped. Alcan Collection
Photograph of Huge drums of cable for new hydro line linking Kitimat, Terrace, and Prince Rupert, stretch into the distance along the CNR siding behind service centre, dwarfing a car park nearby.
Photograph of Huge drums of cable for new hydro line linking Kitimat, Terrace, and Prince Rupert, stretch into the distance along the CNR siding behind service centre, dwarfing a car park nearby.
Photograph of linemen stringing cable on road 2 in neighbourhood A-II. Two men are working below and two other men are up on the pole. Another man is on the ground to the right. There are houses around, and a machine on the left.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of linemen stringing cable on road 2 in neighbourhood A-II. Two men are working below and two other men are up on the pole. Another man is on the ground to the right. There are houses around, and a machine on the left.
Photograph showing a group of 11 people standing on a dirt road in cable car. One of the people, a young girl is on a horse. Another person an older gentleman has a German Shepard on a leash. There is a boy holding a clear umbrella with a knit coat. One of the men is wearing a hard hat. The dirt road they're standing on is very wet and has lots of puddles.
Photograph showing a group of 11 people standing on a dirt road in cable car. One of the people, a young girl is on a horse. Another person an older gentleman has a German Shepard on a leash. There is a boy holding a clear umbrella with a knit coat. One of the men is wearing a hard hat. The dirt road they're standing on is very wet and has lots of puddles.
Photograph of B.C. Telephone crew spinning cable to messengers along road M. in neighbourhood C. One man is up on the pole, and the rest of the crew are down below. Three men are holding the cable from below. There is a truck behind them with the cable roll.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of B.C. Telephone crew spinning cable to messengers along road M. in neighbourhood C. One man is up on the pole, and the rest of the crew are down below. Three men are holding the cable from below. There is a truck behind them with the cable roll.
Photo showing view looking north west showing progress of steel erection for the Carbon Paste Plant, with foundations for standby diesel plant at right foreground and boiler buildings at left centre.
Photo showing view looking north west showing progress of steel erection for the Carbon Paste Plant, with foundations for standby diesel plant at right foreground and boiler buildings at left centre.
Two male steel workers posing with their hand on their hips. The man on the left is wearing his jacket fully zipped up, and the man on the right has his jacket open, and is wearing a plaid shirt underneath.
Two male steel workers posing with their hand on their hips. The man on the left is wearing his jacket fully zipped up, and the man on the right has his jacket open, and is wearing a plaid shirt underneath.
Photograph of the steel jaws of cranes that have cleared stumps from the roadside between the wharf and the townsite, along what may become known as Edinburgh Boulevard. Thundering Euclids and huge fires have disposed of unsightly timber, leaving a pleasant road side view. The picture shows one of the last truck loads of waste to be cleared away.
Photograph of the steel jaws of cranes that have cleared stumps from the roadside between the wharf and the townsite, along what may become known as Edinburgh Boulevard. Thundering Euclids and huge fires have disposed of unsightly timber, leaving a pleasant road side view. The picture shows one of the last truck loads of waste to be cleared away.
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.
