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Power Shovel loading Dumptruck at Sandhill

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30407
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.34
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Constructors. Bucyrus-Erie power shovel loading Euclid dumptruck at sandhill.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.34
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Constructors. Bucyrus-Erie power shovel loading Euclid dumptruck at sandhill.

Power Shovel loading Dumptruck at Sandhill

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30408
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.35
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bucyrus-Erie power shovel loading Euclid dumptruck at sandhill.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.35
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bucyrus-Erie power shovel loading Euclid dumptruck at sandhill.

Powershovel Loading Dumptruck

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30414
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.41
Scope and Content
Photograph of powershovel loading Euclid dumptruck. Smelter construction.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.41
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of powershovel loading Euclid dumptruck. Smelter construction.

Loading Construction Equiptment in Helicopter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19167
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1950 - 1970
Accession Number
2014.14.63
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men loading a helicopter with equiptment for construction of transmission line towers, transmission line right of way in background.
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2014.14.63
Date Range
1950 - 1970
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 20 x 25 cm 1 negative print: b&w; 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men loading a helicopter with equiptment for construction of transmission line towers, transmission line right of way in background.
Storage Location
Negative in nagative cabinet

Loading Construction Equipment

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19168
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1950 - 1970
Accession Number
2014.14.62
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men loading a helicopter with equipment for construction of transmission line towers, transmission right of way in background.
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2014.14.62
Date Range
1950 - 1970
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 20 x 25 cm 1 negative print: b&w; 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men loading a helicopter with equipment for construction of transmission line towers, transmission right of way in background.
Storage Location
Negative in nagative cabinet
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.50
Scope and Content
Photograph of men doing survey work? Newly built homes in background.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.50
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 8.5x11.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of men doing survey work? Newly built homes in background.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker with a double-headed axe on the Alcan Project posed at a waterfall located in the Kemano area.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
9
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker with a double-headed axe on the Alcan Project posed at a waterfall located in the Kemano area.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.76
Subject Access
Surveying
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a surveyor on the Alcan Project surveying and posed beside a waterfall located in the Kemano area.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a surveyor on the Alcan Project surveying and posed beside a waterfall located in the Kemano area.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. -- ID No. C6067. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.79
Subject Access
Surveying
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a black bear hanging onto the passenger side door of a survey truck.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
196
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Fred Ryan.
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a black bear hanging onto the passenger side door of a survey truck.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection. Published Thursday, September 2, 1954. Caption: "SOME BEARS don't drive, we're told. This friendly fellow, so the story goes, offered to drive Alcan photographer Fred Ryan back to his dark room to see his picture processed. Shot was taken near newly erected Anderson Creek railway bridge, while Fred was taking progress pictures."
Images
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.63
Scope and Content
Boat loaded with portable homes.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.63
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Boat loaded with portable homes.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.64
Scope and Content
Boat loaded with portable homes. Other boats and crane in background.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.64
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Boat loaded with portable homes. Other boats and crane in background.

People Loaded in Boat on Dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29925
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.117
Scope and Content
Boat filled with people at dock. Some people still on dock.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.117
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Boat filled with people at dock. Some people still on dock.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.118
Scope and Content
Boat at dock loaded with people
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.118
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Boat at dock loaded with people

Loading ingots at the dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description156
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker spotting the loading pallets of ingots as they are hoisted aboard a freighter at the dock at Alcan Kitimat Works.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
150
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker spotting the loading pallets of ingots as they are hoisted aboard a freighter at the dock at Alcan Kitimat Works.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge 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. Pat Jimenez Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images

Materials Loaded on to Barges

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31489
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
{May 31, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8859
Scope and Content
Photograph showing equipment and material being loaded on to barges in North Vancouver
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8859
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
{May 31, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w : 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing equipment and material being loaded on to barges in North Vancouver

Loading Bell helicopter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description114
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men loading supplies for construction of the transmission line into a Bell helicopter. The transmission line right-of-way is seen in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
108
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men loading supplies for construction of the transmission line into a Bell helicopter. The transmission line right-of-way is seen in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

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