Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[May 21, 1959]

Accession Number

2005.8.8646

Scope and Content

Photograph showing Bert's Boat Yard the morning after the workshop was completely gutted by a fire.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

16 Sep 1957

Accession Number

2005.8.3394

Scope and Content

A photograph of Reverand Raley, a woman and a man on a boat in the channel with Alcan in the background

Part Of

Hal Whiting Fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1950

Accession Number

985.65.404

Scope and Content

Photo showing steel transformers and other machinery in storage yard during winter with construction offices on site incluidng storage buildings and potrooms.

Part Of

Hal Whiting Fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

16 April 1953

Accession Number

985.65.194

Scope and Content

Photo showing pre cast concrete yard, looking north west from rectifiers building 102.

Part Of

Hal Whiting Fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

18 June 1953

Accession Number

985.65.249

Scope and Content

Photo showing new pre-cast yard in area of shipping building #111A, looking north-west with structural steel of potline #2 in background.

Part Of

Frank Diersen Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1955]

Accession Number

2009.1.19

Scope and Content

Photograph of Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd. and Smeltersite

Part Of

Frank Diersen Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1954]

Accession Number

2009.1.22

Scope and Content

Photograph of Smeltersite Tents just below Line #1 (Alcan Smeltersite & Chemicals Ltd.) Standing left to right Frank Diersen and Tony Saalmann

Part Of

Frank Diersen Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1954 - 1955]

Accession Number

2009.1.44

Scope and Content

Photograph of Alcan Dock

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

May 15, 1953

Scope and Content

Photo depicts a group of men concerned with the caisson dock construction. From left is Messrs., Cam Jenkinson, George Malby, McCallum, Hal Whiting, J. B. Whitton, S. T. Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Dick Hermann. View is of three floating caissons that were being towed into position for sinking, creating the smelter dock.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1960s

Accession Number

2005.8.985

Scope and Content

Photo showing a 'Bunkhouse' at Smeltersite (Alcan - Project), 1950-1960s (construction period), the 'Bunkhouse' was named "The Vancouver Hotel".

Part Of

Frank Diersen Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1955]

Accession Number

2009.1.13

Scope and Content

Photograph of Smeltersite, bunkhouses at left, Smelter at right.

Part Of

Hal Williams Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

11,1952,05

Accession Number

79.31.5

Scope and Content

photo showing West view of Alcan Smelter

Part Of

Maclean Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

July 1954

Accession Number

72.2

Scope and Content

First alumina boat to discharge alumina for Alcan Smelter in Kitimat - arrived from Port Esquivel, Jamaica, in July 1954. Ship was named S.S. "Sun Karen".

Part Of

Frank Diersen Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1955]

Accession Number

2009.1.29

Scope and Content

Photograph of Frank Diersen in front of Smeltersite Recreation Centre, and Alcan Dock in the background.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 25 Sept 1962]

Accession Number

1998.1.8414

Scope and Content

View of Alcan smelter, taken from the overlooking hillside.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1973

Accession Number

74.1

Scope and Content

Photo showing aerial view of Alcan dock

Part Of

Hal Williams Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

Sept 12, 1952

Accession Number

79.31.7

Scope and Content

photo showing bulldozers storage area at the smelter

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

78.11.28

Scope and Content

Smelter Site Looking East. Foreground, perforated Concrete Pipe for Ground Master Ditch. Middleground, Pre-cast Concrete Yard with Storage Stacks at right. Structural Steel partially complete in Service Buildings Lines D to M. Footings for Pot Line 2 at right.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1979] - 23 Jul 1984

Accession Number

2004.16

Scope and Content

Negatives showing aerial images of the Alcan aluminum smelter from different distances and angles.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

9 Oct 1952

Accession Number

986.21.24

Scope and Content

Smelter Site looking East. Precast yard and storage in foreground. Structural steel being erected in Service Buildings. Forms being placed for Building 153 and Rectifier Building 102. Trucks dumping backfill behind. Burning in Townsite Area left background.