Photo showing Canadian National Railways 'Official Opening' - S.F. Dingle - Vice-President in charge of CN Operations at the microphone. On the right, seated Percy Radley, Alcan's B.C. Project Manager.
Photo showing Canadian National Railways 'Official Opening' - S.F. Dingle - Vice-President in charge of CN Operations at the microphone. On the right, seated Percy Radley, Alcan's B.C. Project Manager.
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.
"A new method of keeping Terrace streets is being employed this winter and district engineers are learning this slef-loading scraper from Bud's Truck and Equipment is costing about half of what methods in the past cost."
"A new method of keeping Terrace streets is being employed this winter and district engineers are learning this slef-loading scraper from Bud's Truck and Equipment is costing about half of what methods in the past cost."
Duplicate of last spike of the Terrace-Kitimat line driven by S.F. Dingle, vice-president of operation, Canadian National Railways, at Kitimat, British Columbia, July 8, 1955.
Duplicate of last spike of the Terrace-Kitimat line driven by S.F. Dingle, vice-president of operation, Canadian National Railways, at Kitimat, British Columbia, July 8, 1955.
Physical Condition
good
Material
aluminum
Width
1.6 cm
Length
16 cm
Inscriptions
Duplicate of last spike of the Terrace-Kitimat line driven by S.F. Dingle, vice-president of operation, Canadian National Railways, at Kitimat, British Columbia, July 8, 1955.
Accession Number
2000.33.598
Biographical Notes
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
