Saskwa River Bridge. Length over all 177 feet, clear span 67 feet. Built by Survey Party in 2 1/2 days. 100 horses and mules crossed the following morning. Current 10 miles per hour.
In 1899 J.S. O'Dwyer, engineer in charge of a Canadian Department of Railways and Canals survey party, found the bridge over the Suskwa near its Junction with the Bulkley washed away. Using the Indigigenous methods of the cantilever principle he and his men built a bridge 177 feet long, with a clear span of 67 feet, in just two days. The bridge was crossed successfully by loo horses and mules apparently at mile 4
Saskwa River Bridge. Length over all 177 feet, clear span 67 feet. Built by Survey Party in 2 1/2 days. 100 horses and mules crossed the following morning. Current 10 miles per hour.
In 1899 J.S. O'Dwyer, engineer in charge of a Canadian Department of Railways and Canals survey party, found the bridge over the Suskwa near its Junction with the Bulkley washed away. Using the Indigigenous methods of the cantilever principle he and his men built a bridge 177 feet long, with a clear span of 67 feet, in just two days. The bridge was crossed successfully by loo horses and mules apparently at mile 4
Three photographs of an Indigenous Bridge Exhibit, Berry Display, and a Broad Leafed Trees Display (Jul 1979). One Photograph is of a log structure at Squirrel Mountain (1971).
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 9cm
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 13cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Three photographs of an Indigenous Bridge Exhibit, Berry Display, and a Broad Leafed Trees Display (Jul 1979). One Photograph is of a log structure at Squirrel Mountain (1971).
Kitimat General Hospital : With an ultimat capacity of 219 beds, this magnificent building, costing $3,200,000, was opened March 19th 1960, by the Honorable Eric Martin, Provincial Minister of Health Services and Hospital Insurance.
Kitimat General Hospital : With an ultimat capacity of 219 beds, this magnificent building, costing $3,200,000, was opened March 19th 1960, by the Honorable Eric Martin, Provincial Minister of Health Services and Hospital Insurance.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing pier at smeltersite. Side on right reads "positively no smoking on this dock", and another sign on left says "security".
Slide showing the smeltersite pier with a ship in front of it. Ship reads "WATERHO??E" on the side. In behind on the left are smeltersite pier area buildings and water towers.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing the smeltersite pier with a ship in front of it. Ship reads "WATERHO??E" on the side. In behind on the left are smeltersite pier area buildings and water towers.
Photo showing crews busily working on the installation of the last pier for the new Skeena River bridge span. Work has been proceeding at a snail's pace for the past year but has improved in recent months. No completion date for the span has been set,
Photo showing crews busily working on the installation of the last pier for the new Skeena River bridge span. Work has been proceeding at a snail's pace for the past year but has improved in recent months. No completion date for the span has been set,
