Photo showing well-driller Orval Harden watching over the water-seeking machine as it moves beneath the earth for that sometimes elusive neccessity of life.
Photo showing well-driller Orval Harden watching over the water-seeking machine as it moves beneath the earth for that sometimes elusive neccessity of life.
Slide showing what appears to be a wooden drilling structure at the smeltersite construction area. Men working around with one with a crank? And others appear to be tightening a pole into place. Drilling? A tank the reads "gas" is visible on the left.
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 what appears to be a wooden drilling structure at the smeltersite construction area. Men working around with one with a crank? And others appear to be tightening a pole into place. Drilling? A tank the reads "gas" is visible on the left.
Photo depicts the world record setting swing shift miners at the Horetzky-Kemano heading, posing on the Copco drill set-up with a sign that gives specifics to their record.
Photo depicts the world record setting swing shift miners at the Horetzky-Kemano heading, posing on the Copco drill set-up with a sign that gives specifics to their record.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-771. -- The project introduced a new breed of miner, the construction miner. Alcan Collection
Photo depicts a worker looking up at a sign above the entrance to the recreation hall that reads, "Tunnel target, give them both barrels Tahtsa." The sign was a target date for the two ends of the tunnel to meet September 1st.
Photo depicts a worker looking up at a sign above the entrance to the recreation hall that reads, "Tunnel target, give them both barrels Tahtsa." The sign was a target date for the two ends of the tunnel to meet September 1st.
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.
Photo depicts a miner beside the penstock liner which is being lowered from the 2600' level.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1386. -- Note the bridle assembly. -- Liners were lowered on a dolly on a 140-ton hoist, then transferred to skid rails for the final journey. Alcan Collection
