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Machine shop site, clearing

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
78.11.7
Scope and Content
Clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 28.1 x 20.3 cm 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east.
Notes
BC-2-28
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Clearing Operation
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Smelter site looking east

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
78.11.28
Scope and Content
Smelter Site Looking East. Foreground, perforated Concrete Pipe for Ground Master Ditch. Middleground, Pre-cast Concrete Yard with Storage Stacks at right. Structural Steel partially complete in Service Buildings Lines D to M. Footings for Pot Line 2 at right.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.28
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Smelter Site Looking East. Foreground, perforated Concrete Pipe for Ground Master Ditch. Middleground, Pre-cast Concrete Yard with Storage Stacks at right. Structural Steel partially complete in Service Buildings Lines D to M. Footings for Pot Line 2 at right.
Notes
BC-2-209
Subject Access
Smelter
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Alcan Smelter
Storage Location
Photograph storage
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Looking North from P.S. Area

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
18 December 1952
Accession Number
985.65.131
Scope and Content
Looking North from the P.S. area showing townsite clearing.
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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.131
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
18 December 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Looking North from the P.S. area showing townsite clearing.
Subject Access
Townsite
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
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Jim Freeman fonds.

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Part Of
Jim Freeman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2004.10
Scope and Content
30 black & white photographs-Alcan construction, caison fill, Haisla Bridge
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Part Of
Jim Freeman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2004.10
Physical Description
30 photographs print : b&w ;
Scope and Content
30 black & white photographs-Alcan construction, caison fill, Haisla Bridge
Name Access
Freeman, Jim
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Early Construction
Caisson docks
Haisla Bridge
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 2
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Smelter Site in Kitimat

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Part Of
Gordon Lee Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1953 -1954]
Accession Number
2013.08.24
Scope and Content
Photograph showing in smelter site far right, trees covering most of the left side, circular building in the very front; landscape in the back ground.
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Part Of
Gordon Lee Collection
Creator
Photographs by Gordon Lee.
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.08.24
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1953 -1954]
Physical Description
1 b&w negative
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gordon Lee donated to the museum by his daughter Michelle Simeoni.
Scope and Content
Photograph showing in smelter site far right, trees covering most of the left side, circular building in the very front; landscape in the back ground.
Notes
In Kitimat Constructors envelope.
Name Access
Lee, Gordon
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Archives
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Town Site

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Part Of
Gordon Lee Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1953 -1954]
Accession Number
2013.08.33
Scope and Content
Photograph of town site, Alcan ; buildings in a line from the left to the middle ; a telephone or electricity line crossing over the picture ; landscape in background.
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Part Of
Gordon Lee Collection
Creator
Photographs by Gordon Lee
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.08.33
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1953 -1954]
Physical Description
1 b&w negative
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gordon Lee donated to the museum by his daughter Michelle Simeoni.
Scope and Content
Photograph of town site, Alcan ; buildings in a line from the left to the middle ; a telephone or electricity line crossing over the picture ; landscape in background.
Notes
In Kitimat Constructors envelope.
Name Access
Lee, Gordon
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Archives
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Town Site

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Part Of
Gordon Lee Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1953 -1954]
Accession Number
2013.08.47
Scope and Content
Photograph of a town site building, surrounded by landscape ; small covered area to the left of the building.
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Part Of
Gordon Lee Collection
Creator
Photographs by Gordon Lee
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.08.47
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1953 -1954]
Physical Description
1 b&w negative
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gordon Lee donated to the museum by his daughter Michelle Simeoni.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a town site building, surrounded by landscape ; small covered area to the left of the building.
Notes
In a Kitimat Constructors evelope.
Name Access
Lee, Gordon
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Archives
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Pernament Wharf Site

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
26 March 1953
Accession Number
985.65.185
Scope and Content
Photo showing view looking toward site of Pernament Wharf from south dike of graving dock, dredge and dragon line excavating channel from graving dock to deep water, truck dumping gravel for foundation blanket into bottom dump scow.
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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.185
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
26 March 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing view looking toward site of Pernament Wharf from south dike of graving dock, dredge and dragon line excavating channel from graving dock to deep water, truck dumping gravel for foundation blanket into bottom dump scow.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
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View looking west along potline building 2B

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
78.11.43
Scope and Content
View looking west along potline building 2B. Note pouring of air duct walls in progress.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.43
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
View looking west along potline building 2B. Note pouring of air duct walls in progress.
Notes
BC-2-418
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
pot lines
Geographic Access
Alcan Smelter
Storage Location
photograph storage
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John Constantine Photo Album

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Part Of
John Constantine Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1954
Accession Number
999.7
Scope and Content
Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -
Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction
Other street areas for home sites
Tote road
Minette Bay
Townsite Camp
Early Haisla Blvd/Construction
Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction
City Centre culverts
Early Albatross Ave/Construction
Flood on River Access Road
Bridge Construction and Damage
Flood in Townsite Camp
First Fifty Houses
Water Line Instalations
Altitude Valve Chamber Fire
Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction
Sewer Installations
Seow Grid
Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay
White Truck on Fire
Smeltersite
Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction
Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction
Gully and Culvert
Ian Kennedy Panabode House
Kitamaat Village (distance)
Prototype Houses
Kitimat River
Butedale from Air
Water Main Work
Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff
Anderson Creek Falls
Early Partridge and Plover Streets
Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed
Sewer Outfall and Construction
Slide from Albatross
Sandhill (distance)
Slide on Lahakas Blvd
K550 Houses
Pump Houses Water Supply
Interior of Chlorinator House
Kitimat and Smelter Aerials
Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos
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Part Of
John Constantine Collection
Creator
John Constantine
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
999.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1954
Physical Description
1 photograph album
History / Biographical
John Constantine was a civil engineer involved in housing construction in Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by daughter, Judy Bachynsky
Scope and Content
Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -
Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction
Other street areas for home sites
Tote road
Minette Bay
Townsite Camp
Early Haisla Blvd/Construction
Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction
City Centre culverts
Early Albatross Ave/Construction
Flood on River Access Road
Bridge Construction and Damage
Flood in Townsite Camp
First Fifty Houses
Water Line Instalations
Altitude Valve Chamber Fire
Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction
Sewer Installations
Seow Grid
Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay
White Truck on Fire
Smeltersite
Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction
Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction
Gully and Culvert
Ian Kennedy Panabode House
Kitamaat Village (distance)
Prototype Houses
Kitimat River
Butedale from Air
Water Main Work
Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff
Anderson Creek Falls
Early Partridge and Plover Streets
Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed
Sewer Outfall and Construction
Slide from Albatross
Sandhill (distance)
Slide on Lahakas Blvd
K550 Houses
Pump Houses Water Supply
Interior of Chlorinator House
Kitimat and Smelter Aerials
Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos
Name Access
Morris, Niki
Bachynsky, Judy
Constantine, John
Stretton Jim
Kennedy, Ian
MacNaughton, Dan
Molyneax, John
Hamilton, Ian
Cosco, Nick
Bergstrom, Ray
Gotteslig, P
Greenall, J
Subject Access
Hullah Construction
Minette Bay
Haisla Bridge
Anderson Creek
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Early Kitimat
Streets
Storage Location
Archives Bay 2 Top Box 41
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Alcan Smeltersite Construction

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Part Of
Jennings-Giles fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
2012.9.24
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan Smeltersite Construction
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Part Of
Jennings-Giles fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2012.9.24
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6.3 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan Smeltersite Construction
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Construction
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Alcan Smeltersite Construction

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Part Of
Jennings-Giles fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
2012.9.25
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan Smeltersite Construction from private wharf.
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Part Of
Jennings-Giles fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2012.9.25
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6.3 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan Smeltersite Construction from private wharf.
Subject Access
Private Wharf
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Construction
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Aerial Loading Dock

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Part Of
Byron Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
26 April 1954
Accession Number
72.6.4d
Scope and Content
Photo showing alcans loading dock in aerial form
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Part Of
Byron Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
72.6.4d
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Mrs. L. Byron
Date Range
26 April 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4" x 3"
Scope and Content
Photo showing alcans loading dock in aerial form
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
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Aerial of Alcan Smelter

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Part Of
Byron Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 1954
Accession Number
72.6.4g
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of Alcan Loading Dock
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Part Of
Byron Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
72.6.4g
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Mrs. L. Byron
Date Range
September 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4" x 2"
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of Alcan Loading Dock
Subject Access
Aerial
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Business
Industries
Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Construction
Storage Location
Photograph storage
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Aerial View Looking North Showing the Excavation for Alumina Storage Silos

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Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
4 Mar 1955
Accession Number
2014.14.33
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking north showing the excavation for Alumina Storage Silos, and Potline 1 and 2 in background.
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Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2014.14.33
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
4 Mar 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25 cm x 17 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking north showing the excavation for Alumina Storage Silos, and Potline 1 and 2 in background.
Notes
BC-12-6
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Aerial View Of Alcan Smelter

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Part Of
Harvey Thompson Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
72.83.12
Scope and Content
Photo showing smelter site
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Part Of
Harvey Thompson Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
72.83.12
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Harvey Thompson
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 5" x 5"
Scope and Content
Photo showing smelter site
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
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Aerial Veiw

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Part Of
Harvey Thompson Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 1956
Accession Number
72.83.7
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of Nechako neighborhood
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Part Of
Harvey Thompson Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
72.83.7
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Harvey Thompson
Date Range
May 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 5" x 5"
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of Nechako neighborhood
Subject Access
Nechako
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
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Alcan Aluminum Smelter Site

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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 15 Aug 1959]
Accession Number
1998.1.8238
Scope and Content
View of the Alcan Aluminum Smelter Site taken from an overlook. Shows administrative buildings, smelter lines and parking lots.
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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.8238
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 15 Aug 1959]
Physical Description
1 photograph and 1 negative : b&w
Scope and Content
View of the Alcan Aluminum Smelter Site taken from an overlook. Shows administrative buildings, smelter lines and parking lots.
Notes
Old Accession No. 987.26.15A
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
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Local Industry

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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
9 Apr 1962
Accession Number
1998.1.750
Scope and Content
Sod-turning ceremony for the Alcan Office Building. Taken at the Alcan Smelter site.
L-R: Peter Hopkins, Gerry Gwyn,Works Manager; Bob Kraft, Technology; Sam Lindsay, Reeve; Harry Jomini (over Reeve's shoulder, wearing a hat).
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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.750
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
9 Apr 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 12.5 x 9.9 cm
Scope and Content
Sod-turning ceremony for the Alcan Office Building. Taken at the Alcan Smelter site.
L-R: Peter Hopkins, Gerry Gwyn,Works Manager; Bob Kraft, Technology; Sam Lindsay, Reeve; Harry Jomini (over Reeve's shoulder, wearing a hat).
Notes
987-26-208D
Name Access
Hopkins, Peter
Gwyn, Gerry H.
Kraft, Robert
Lindsay, Sam
Jomini, Harry
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
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Aerial Photo of Alcan

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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 13 June 1962]
Accession Number
1998.1.8349
Scope and Content
Aerial photo of the Alcan aluminum smelter site, and the Douglas Channel. Taken from the north looking south. Note - bottom left corner is a portion of the Anderson Creek construction camp.
More Information is Available
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.8349
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 13 June 1962]
Physical Description
1 photograph and 1 negative : b&w
Scope and Content
Aerial photo of the Alcan aluminum smelter site, and the Douglas Channel. Taken from the north looking south. Note - bottom left corner is a portion of the Anderson Creek construction camp.
Notes
Old Accession No. 987.26.228 AA
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Aerial
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