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Tidal flats and towers

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description134
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 21, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view looking across the tidal flats towards the Kitimat Plant area. Tower No. 364 is in the foreground.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
128
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 21, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view looking across the tidal flats towards the Kitimat Plant area. Tower No. 364 is in the foreground.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1362. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers piecing together the leg sections of Tower No. 113L by hand-winching them to height, then bolting them together on the inside.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
103
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers piecing together the leg sections of Tower No. 113L by hand-winching them to height, then bolting them together on the inside.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1215. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 05, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers standing on Tower No. 116.L. The men are guying the tower to secure it for winter. Kildala Pass is to the left.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
118
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 05, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers standing on Tower No. 116.L. The men are guying the tower to secure it for winter. Kildala Pass is to the left.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1422. Winterizing the towers in 1953 was pushed to completion as quickly as possible. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Workers on transmission tower

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description110
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing without the use of safety lines atop a transmission tower in the "R" line during its construction on Kildala Pass.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
104
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing without the use of safety lines atop a transmission tower in the "R" line during its construction on Kildala Pass.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection, Accession no. 73.3.10.6
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Cross arm of Tower No. 104L

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description111
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 18, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the cross-arm of tower No. 104L being hoisted into place. View is looking north-east, up the upper Kemano Valley.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
105
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 18, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the cross-arm of tower No. 104L being hoisted into place. View is looking north-east, up the upper Kemano Valley.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1152. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Workers standing on Tower No. 112L

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description112
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing atop Tower No. 112L. Towers No. 108R and 108L can also be seen. Twin Peaks Summits are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
106
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing atop Tower No. 112L. Towers No. 108R and 108L can also be seen. Twin Peaks Summits are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1211. Use of safety lines absent. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Tower No. 242 bottom forms

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description130
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 24, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers setting the bottom forms for the footings of Tower No. 242
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
124
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 24, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers setting the bottom forms for the footings of Tower No. 242
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-607. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Erecting truss for transmission line tower

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description108
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 16, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a truss being erected for the transmission line tower in the switchyard. Powell Peak is in the background. View is looking north-west.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
102
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 16, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a truss being erected for the transmission line tower in the switchyard. Powell Peak is in the background. View is looking north-west.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1334. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Water supply line installed

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description161
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 29, 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the townsite water supply line being installed along the main road east of the Kitimat River Bridge. View is looking north-west.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
155
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 29, 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the townsite water supply line being installed along the main road east of the Kitimat River Bridge. View is looking north-west.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-891. Alcan Collection 73.3.5.3
Subject Access
Towns
Images

High water of Kitimat River

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description164
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 13, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts high water conditions of Kitimat River at the south end of Service Centre. Near the water's edge in the background is a truck that has overturned.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
158
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 13, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts high water conditions of Kitimat River at the south end of Service Centre. Near the water's edge in the background is a truck that has overturned.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-2-183. -- Alcan Public Relations Department ID No. ICT 349-1. Photograph taken at 2:30 p.m. Truck overturned when the road gave way. River elevation was 50.45 feet and rose to a maximum of 51.1 feet at 6:30 p.m. Alcan Collection 73.3.6.13
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Sewer and water line construction at Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description213
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 04, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a BE 22 trench hoe digging the trench for the sewer and water lines to the married quarters. View is looking north.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
207
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 04, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a BE 22 trench hoe digging the trench for the sewer and water lines to the married quarters. View is looking north.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-151. Alcan Collection 78.11.23
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Alcan Project management

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description12
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 9, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts six people standing on the Kemano Wharf. From left is Mr. K. Roestad; Mr. Percy E. Radley; Mr. McNeely DuBose; Mrs. McNeely DuBose; Mr. M.K. Madsen, M.K. Assistant Project Manager and Mr. R.E. Reed, M.K. Area Engineer.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
6
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 9, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts six people standing on the Kemano Wharf. From left is Mr. K. Roestad; Mr. Percy E. Radley; Mr. McNeely DuBose; Mrs. McNeely DuBose; Mr. M.K. Madsen, M.K. Assistant Project Manager and Mr. R.E. Reed, M.K. Area Engineer.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-780. Alcan Collection
Name Access
Madsen, M.K.
DuBose, McNeely
DuBose, Mrs. McNeely
Radley, Percy E.
Reed, R.E.
Roestad, K.
Subject Access
Kemano
Images
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.16
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kemano. Part of Kitimat Museum Website Collection P00101
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5cm
Custodial History
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kemano. Part of Kitimat Museum Website Collection P00101
Name Access
Busby, Fred
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Flonders, Bill
Subject Access
Kemano
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Images

View of Kemano townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description106
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 10, 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
100
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 10, 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 2KR-298. -- Permanent housing construction began in 1957. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Camps
Images

First air mail via PWA

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description204
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
198
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Notes
Title based on content of photograph.
Subject Access
Services
Kemano
Airplanes
Images

Alcan Project humorous reprieve certificate

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Scope and Content
Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Physical Description
1 digital image : col.
Scope and Content
Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.
Notes
Title based on contents of text. Ernie Archer Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Images

Change of shift at the smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19935
Part Of
Karsh Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Accession Number
2002.43.7
Scope and Content
Photograph showing change of shift; men leaving work at the Alcan smelter between lines 1 and 2, Medical inside line 2. This was 'B' Gate
Part Of
Karsh Collection
Creator
Malak Karsh
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.43.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 Photograph print : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing change of shift; men leaving work at the Alcan smelter between lines 1 and 2, Medical inside line 2. This was 'B' Gate
Name Access
Karsh, Malak
Subject Access
Kitimat
Images
Material Type
Virtual Exhibit
Description
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.
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Material Type
Virtual Exhibit
Description
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.
Images
Websites / Virtual Exhibits
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 24 Oct 1966]
Accession Number
1998.1.8216
Scope and Content
A man fishing inside the Kitimat Hotel.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.8216
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 24 Oct 1966]
Physical Description
1 photograph and 1 negative: b&w
Scope and Content
A man fishing inside the Kitimat Hotel.
Notes
Patzelt #3061
Name Access
Kitimat Hotel
Subject Access
Kitimat River
Kitimat Flood
Flood
Hotel
Images

District of Kitimat contest for Medallion design

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14311
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 November 1962
Accession Number
2005.8.3118
Scope and Content
Photo showing contest for Medallion design, District of Kitimat
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3118
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 November 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 5"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1)Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing contest for Medallion design, District of Kitimat
Subject Access
District of Kitimat
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

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