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Substation and Rectifiers

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16905
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
30 July 1953
Accession Number
985.65.263
Scope and Content
Photo showing substation number 2 looking south , at left unloading radiators for rectifiers transformers at right, phase shift transformers and circuit breakers.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.263
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
30 July 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.7 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing substation number 2 looking south , at left unloading radiators for rectifiers transformers at right, phase shift transformers and circuit breakers.
Subject Access
Smelter
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 February 1953
Accession Number
985.65.151
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier building 102, structural steel erection in progress looking southwest.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.151
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 February 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier building 102, structural steel erection in progress looking southwest.
Subject Access
Smelter
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
30 July 1953
Accession Number
985.65.262
Scope and Content
Photo showing substation number 2 looking south showing erection of type B2 aluminum structure.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.262
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
30 July 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing substation number 2 looking south showing erection of type B2 aluminum structure.
Subject Access
Smelter

Rectifier Bldg 208 and High Tension Substation Area Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35123
Part Of
Bud Powell Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2022.22.108
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view showing construction of rectifier bldg 208 and high tension substation area.
Part Of
Bud Powell Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.22.108
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
History / Biographical
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 aerial view showing construction of rectifier bldg 208 and high tension substation area.
Notes
J-43-1846
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Smeltersite
Construction
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Accession Number
985.65.347
Scope and Content
Photo showing construction of the towers for the transmission line in front and along the smelter in Kitimat.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.347
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1950
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing construction of the towers for the transmission line in front and along the smelter in Kitimat.
Subject Access
Smelter
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 December 1953
Accession Number
985.65.441
Scope and Content
Photo showing view of the rectifier equipment in building number 102 looking south.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.441
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 December 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing view of the rectifier equipment in building number 102 looking south.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
18 June 1953
Accession Number
985.65.250
Scope and Content
Photo showing main floor of rectifiers building #102 looking south west showing installation of Canadian Westing House Rectifiers Frames.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.250
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
18 June 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing main floor of rectifiers building #102 looking south west showing installation of Canadian Westing House Rectifiers Frames.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 March 1953
Accession Number
985.65.167
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier building 102 looking south east, showing installation of currugated aluminum siding outside pre-cast panels.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.167
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 March 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier building 102 looking south east, showing installation of currugated aluminum siding outside pre-cast panels.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
25 February 1953
Accession Number
985.65.160
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier building 102, main floor, looking south, showing eluminum roof deck, pre cast concrete dado panels, roof deck sections in foreground.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.160
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
25 February 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier building 102, main floor, looking south, showing eluminum roof deck, pre cast concrete dado panels, roof deck sections in foreground.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
February 1953
Accession Number
985.65.154
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier buildings 102 and 101.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.154
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
February 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier buildings 102 and 101.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
12 February 1953
Accession Number
985.65.152
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier buildings 102 and 101, looking south east, showing structural steel for both buildings.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.152
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
12 February 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing rectifier buildings 102 and 101, looking south east, showing structural steel for both buildings.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 August 1953
Accession Number
985.65.274
Scope and Content
Photo showing substation #2 looking north, showing type "R" aluminum structures, B.N.O.B, breakers and phase shift transformers.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.274
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 August 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing substation #2 looking north, showing type "R" aluminum structures, B.N.O.B, breakers and phase shift transformers.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

Rectifier & Service Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32673
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
2002.15.168
Scope and Content
Slide of rectifier and service buildings construction.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.15.168
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
Scope and Content
Slide of rectifier and service buildings construction.
Storage Location
Slide storage
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2000.5.210
Scope and Content
Photograph of rectifier building #102, looking south, being prepared for concrete for second lift of walls and main floor slab. Note erection od Quonset at right for Canadian comstock.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.210
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x27.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of rectifier building #102, looking south, being prepared for concrete for second lift of walls and main floor slab. Note erection od Quonset at right for Canadian comstock.
Notes
BC-2-255
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Bay 5

Inside Rectifier Building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31530
Part Of
Bonnie Monkman Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
2019.64.105
Scope and Content
Slide of inside of rectifier building.
Part Of
Bonnie Monkman Collection
Creator
John Leveret
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2019.64.105
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
John Leveret - one of the founders of the Rod & Gun Club, Kitimat Construction, scenery, Rod & Gun Club activities, 1953
Custodial History
Bonnie Monkman
Scope and Content
Slide of inside of rectifier building.
Storage Location
Slide Box 1
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
73.3.2.24c
Scope and Content
Photo showing water towers
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.2.24c
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photogaph: b&w; 5" x 4"
Scope and Content
Photo showing water towers
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2000.33.338
Scope and Content
Photograph of transmission towers running up a mountain. Area in foreground is stony. First tower is further back on the left, and more towers can be seen on top of the mountain at the very back. Some snow on the mountain slopes.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.338
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
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.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of transmission towers running up a mountain. Area in foreground is stony. First tower is further back on the left, and more towers can be seen on top of the mountain at the very back. Some snow on the mountain slopes.
Storage Location
slide storage
Part Of
Byron Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
{1954]
Accession Number
972.6.4f
Scope and Content
Photograph of the transmission towers over glacier, Kemano-Kildala
Part Of
Byron Collection
Creator
Photographer : Val Hennell, Vancouver, BC
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
972.6.4f
Date Range
{1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.5cm + 1 copy 1 negative - R26-19
Scope and Content
Photograph of the transmission towers over glacier, Kemano-Kildala
Notes
Photograph #6 in a booklet of ten photographs in a cream coloured cardboard sleeve, stapled at left. Booklet dismantled.
Subject Access
Transmission line
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2000.33.313
Scope and Content
Photograph of a power substation. There is snow on the ground. Cloudy mountains in background.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.313
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
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.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a power substation. There is snow on the ground. Cloudy mountains in background.
Storage Location
slide storage
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2000.33.332
Scope and Content
Photograph of a power substation. Forested mountains in background.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.332
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
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.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a power substation. Forested mountains in background.
Storage Location
slide storage

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