Photo depicts Kitimat Constructors Project Manager Hal Whiting on right, standing beside a unidentified man. Both watch the construction activity occurring down on the tidal flats in front of them, site for the smelter.
Photo depicts Kitimat Constructors Project Manager Hal Whiting on right, standing beside a unidentified man. Both watch the construction activity occurring down on the tidal flats in front of them, site for the smelter.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.99
Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-451. -- Sloping sides avoided cave-ins. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.267
Photograph of view showing the house erection in neighbourhood A-IV by N.W. Hullah Construction. Framework and sides being built. Building material piled up around. Men visible working.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of view showing the house erection in neighbourhood A-IV by N.W. Hullah Construction. Framework and sides being built. Building material piled up around. Men visible working.
Photograph of the Public Saftey Building under construction at the corner of Kingfisher and Haisla Blvd. Framework in progress. Crane in centre. Men visible working. Lots of snow.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Public Saftey Building under construction at the corner of Kingfisher and Haisla Blvd. Framework in progress. Crane in centre. Men visible working. Lots of snow.
Photograph of general construction's crushing plant set up at the north end of the sandhill. Their paving plant can be seen in the right hand extremity of the picture. Railway also on right side.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of general construction's crushing plant set up at the north end of the sandhill. Their paving plant can be seen in the right hand extremity of the picture. Railway also on right side.
Photograph of aerial of Starling, Swallow, and Teal Streets. Please note the floor slabs poured and houses under construction by N.W. Hullah Construction Limited.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial of Starling, Swallow, and Teal Streets. Please note the floor slabs poured and houses under construction by N.W. Hullah Construction Limited.
Photograph of aerial of Starling, Swallow, and Teal Streets. Please note the floor slabs poured and houses under construction by N.W. Hullah Construction Limited.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial of Starling, Swallow, and Teal Streets. Please note the floor slabs poured and houses under construction by N.W. Hullah Construction Limited.
Photograph of looking northeast at utility buildings area showing placing of compacted fill in foreground and in background the building forms being erected. Multiple trucks and machinery visible. Some trucks are actively dumping the fill.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking northeast at utility buildings area showing placing of compacted fill in foreground and in background the building forms being erected. Multiple trucks and machinery visible. Some trucks are actively dumping the fill.
Photograph of smeltersite looking east showing clearing of land for smelter. Machinery and materials visible, as well as the start of some building framework. Mount Elizabeth visible at far right of image.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite looking east showing clearing of land for smelter. Machinery and materials visible, as well as the start of some building framework. Mount Elizabeth visible at far right of image.
Photograph of looking N.E. at storage building area of hydraulic fill showing west half of area filled to elevation 20 feet. Stripping started again in pond area at right centre.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking N.E. at storage building area of hydraulic fill showing west half of area filled to elevation 20 feet. Stripping started again in pond area at right centre.
