Photograph of Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd. cement truck parked to the right of a building. Kitimat Concrete Products ran an aggragate and concrete business at the Sandhill.
Photograph of Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd. cement truck parked to the right of a building. Kitimat Concrete Products ran an aggragate and concrete business at the Sandhill.
Photograph of general construction's crushing plant set up at the north end of the sandhill. Their paving plant can be seen in the right hand extremity of the picture. Railway also on right side.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of general construction's crushing plant set up at the north end of the sandhill. Their paving plant can be seen in the right hand extremity of the picture. Railway also on right side.
Photograph of general construction's crushing plant set up at the north end of the sandhill. Their paving plant can be seen in the right hand extremity of the picture. Truck visible on site, and the railway is on the right.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of general construction's crushing plant set up at the north end of the sandhill. Their paving plant can be seen in the right hand extremity of the picture. Truck visible on site, and the railway is on the right.
Photographs of early Kitimat and Alcan smelter. Souvenir photobook with five photos.
Townsite with Mount Elizabeth in background. Smoke is visible beyond townsite in the forest. May 15, 1956.
Townsite with sandhill visible in background. May 15, 1956.
Main Road - Motel - Townsite. View of road leading from service centre into town. Kildala area cleared but not much is built. Kitimat River bridge visible at bottom. Aug 1955.
Kitimat Valley. View of Alcan site, hospital beach, and pier. Looking north.
Smeltersite. View of Alcan smelter and smeltersite.
Donated by Carol Larson. Originally belonged to her mother, Lydia Strecheniuk.
Scope and Content
Photographs of early Kitimat and Alcan smelter. Souvenir photobook with five photos.
Townsite with Mount Elizabeth in background. Smoke is visible beyond townsite in the forest. May 15, 1956.
Townsite with sandhill visible in background. May 15, 1956.
Main Road - Motel - Townsite. View of road leading from service centre into town. Kildala area cleared but not much is built. Kitimat River bridge visible at bottom. Aug 1955.
Kitimat Valley. View of Alcan site, hospital beach, and pier. Looking north.
Smeltersite. View of Alcan smelter and smeltersite.
Slide showing piles of concrete made pieces for construction. To be used as building material for something. Powerline pole, cleared area, and forest visible behind.
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 piles of concrete made pieces for construction. To be used as building material for something. Powerline pole, cleared area, and forest visible behind.
