Photo showing CNR laying track to Kitimat - Terrace. Laying steel by hand previous to the track layer coming in. (Note: photo looks like just coming out of Terrace because of the size of the mountain in the background and the closeness).
Photo showing CNR laying track to Kitimat - Terrace. Laying steel by hand previous to the track layer coming in. (Note: photo looks like just coming out of Terrace because of the size of the mountain in the background and the closeness).
Photo showing Official Opening 8 July 1955, 'Driving Home the Aluminum Spike' - Canadian National Railway Terrace - Kitimat line. L/R S.F. Dingle, Vice-President, CNR; Major J.L. Charles, Chief Engineer, CNR Western Region; Percy E. Radley, Alcan Project Manager.
Photo showing Official Opening 8 July 1955, 'Driving Home the Aluminum Spike' - Canadian National Railway Terrace - Kitimat line. L/R S.F. Dingle, Vice-President, CNR; Major J.L. Charles, Chief Engineer, CNR Western Region; Percy E. Radley, Alcan Project Manager.
Photo showing Official Party, 1st Passenger train 14 January 1955 - Canadian National Railways. L/R John Magor, Prince Rupert Daily News; T.A. Mainprize, CNR Superintendent of Smithers Division; Kathy & Tommy Frazer, Editor & Publisher of the Terrace Omenica Herald.
Photo showing Official Party, 1st Passenger train 14 January 1955 - Canadian National Railways. L/R John Magor, Prince Rupert Daily News; T.A. Mainprize, CNR Superintendent of Smithers Division; Kathy & Tommy Frazer, Editor & Publisher of the Terrace Omenica Herald.
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.