This item is part of a large collection of photographs from Prince Rupert Daily News that was first transfered to the Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives. Images pertaining to Kitimat/Kemano were subsequently transfered to our repository.
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Photograph of water silo and industrial building, possibly Kemano
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr. vice president and General manager of the Aluminum company of Canada, and Mr. Eva Waldie, the superviser of communications for the company as they watch the first message recieved in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in th world.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr. vice president and General manager of the Aluminum company of Canada, and Mr. Eva Waldie, the superviser of communications for the company as they watch the first message recieved in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in th world.
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Montreal, 1 April 1955- A.W. Whitaker, Jr, Vice-President and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited and Mrs. Eva Waldie, Supervisor of the Communications for the Company, watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world. Installed by the Trans-Canada Telephone System, it went into operation today and provides instant communication between Alcan's head office in the Sun Life Building, Montreal and the company's plant at Kitimat, 400 miles north of Vancouver, in British Columbia. Messages between these two points travel a distance in excess of 5200 miles. Alcan, which is presently producing 91,500 tons of aluminum a year at Kitimat, has announced plans for expanding Kitimat capacity to 330,000 tons and this direct communications link between Kitimat and the company head office is expected to prove invaluable.
Photograph of the former British High commissioner to Malay a and his wife. They left for Prince Rupert where Lady McGillivary was born. They Journeyed across Canada to Ottawa before going on to their home town in Britain.
Photograph of the former British High commissioner to Malay a and his wife. They left for Prince Rupert where Lady McGillivary was born. They Journeyed across Canada to Ottawa before going on to their home town in Britain.
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Like fishermen the world over, Sir Donald and Lady McGillivary check each other's stories about the "one that got away." Distinguished visitors to Kitimat last week, to Prince Rupert where Lady McGillivary was born. They will journey across Canada to Ottawa before going on to their home in Britain.
