Photograph of the first message on the new teletype system in the Alcan office was recieved at 9:30am, Friday April 1 by works manager A.C. Turney of the new communications set up in Montreal. Teletype operator Zena Coghin was kept extremely busy handling the first flow of messages which were received instantaneously from Montreal. Among the first messages, vice president and general manager A.W. Whitaker said, "engineers will find this teletype of immeasurable value... and will enable Alcan to give customers and even better service.
Photograph of the first message on the new teletype system in the Alcan office was recieved at 9:30am, Friday April 1 by works manager A.C. Turney of the new communications set up in Montreal. Teletype operator Zena Coghin was kept extremely busy handling the first flow of messages which were received instantaneously from Montreal. Among the first messages, vice president and general manager A.W. Whitaker said, "engineers will find this teletype of immeasurable value... and will enable Alcan to give customers and even better service.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Photograph of the Kitimat trail system. This map includes the Hirsch Creek Trail, Kitimat River- Hirsch Creep loop, Robinson Lake loop, and Mickey's Cove Trail.
Photograph of the Kitimat trail system. This map includes the Hirsch Creek Trail, Kitimat River- Hirsch Creep loop, Robinson Lake loop, and Mickey's Cove Trail.
Photo of C.J (Chuck) Finch B.C Telephone Company district & commercial & traffic manager, gives the signal starting the "cutover" of the terrace telephone system to automatic operation, before 11 pm on Sunday. With Forman Frank Brow.
Photo of C.J (Chuck) Finch B.C Telephone Company district & commercial & traffic manager, gives the signal starting the "cutover" of the terrace telephone system to automatic operation, before 11 pm on Sunday. With Forman Frank Brow.
Photograph of Vancouver-based CP Air radio technician Sig Colecki checks over the complicated console of an inertial navigation system installed on all long-range CP Air jets.
Photograph of Vancouver-based CP Air radio technician Sig Colecki checks over the complicated console of an inertial navigation system installed on all long-range CP Air jets.
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 A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-president and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd to watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-president and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd to watch as the first message is received in Montreal over the longest industrial teletype system in the world.
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On April 1 1955 - A.W. Whitaker, Jr., Vice-President and General Manager of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. watches 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 on that date to provide instant communication between Alcan's head office in Montreal and the company's plant at Kitimat.
