Photo showing 'Official Opening' of the Public Safety Bldg. September 3, 1956. L/R Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager; Aubrey Creed, Fire Chief; E.J. Applewhaite, Wilbur Hallman, ?, Timothy Starr, Percy E. Radley,(Alcan)
Photo showing 'Official Opening' of the Public Safety Bldg. September 3, 1956. L/R Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager; Aubrey Creed, Fire Chief; E.J. Applewhaite, Wilbur Hallman, ?, Timothy Starr, Percy E. Radley,(Alcan)
The exterior of the new Kitimat Public Library at Nechako Centre, Mount Elizabeth in the background.
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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. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-451. -- Sloping sides avoided cave-ins. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.267