Photograph of an ambulance service that was inaugurated by the municipality and is now operated by the firemen in the Townsite. The service is available for serious accidents on a 24-hour day basis. Here firemen Warren Banks and fire chief Aubrey Creed demonstrate the use of a stretcher which has been fitted to the new fire box red ambulance unit. The ambulance will be fitted with a siren, radio, and a flashing red sign. Phone number for emergency calls is 110. All municipal firemen are trained first aid attendants.
Photograph of an ambulance service that was inaugurated by the municipality and is now operated by the firemen in the Townsite. The service is available for serious accidents on a 24-hour day basis. Here firemen Warren Banks and fire chief Aubrey Creed demonstrate the use of a stretcher which has been fitted to the new fire box red ambulance unit. The ambulance will be fitted with a siren, radio, and a flashing red sign. Phone number for emergency calls is 110. All municipal firemen are trained first aid attendants.
Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S.contractors.
Kevin Martin arrived in Kitimat in February of 1956. He was hired from Vancouver, came on train to Kitimat, He lived on the Delta King for a while. Then he moved to huts at new townsite - north side of Haisla Boulevard. Four men to a hut - many people from everywhere (it Portugeuse, etc). He left 1 1/2 years later. (see gift agreement form for more information).
Custodial History
Kevin Martin
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 5 photographs of early Kitimat and Smeltersite.
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Slide No. 40 -- The circus tent assembly line was erected at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge. Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled there in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32