Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-451. -- Sloping sides avoided cave-ins. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.267
Photograph of view looking east showing progress of potline 2, alumina storage bins and sub-station 2. Area under construction, construction material in foreground.
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 view looking east showing progress of potline 2, alumina storage bins and sub-station 2. Area under construction, construction material in foreground.
Photograph of looking east - storage area at Moore Creek. L-R warehouse, lumber yard, (background) storage yard, carpenter shop, mechanical shop and field office.
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 looking east - storage area at Moore Creek. L-R warehouse, lumber yard, (background) storage yard, carpenter shop, mechanical shop and field office.
Photocopied documents relating to John McLachlan's employment with Alcan.
1) Letter of employment, G. W. Whitehead (Alcan) to John McLachlan, offering position as Draughtsman in Kitimat. April 10th 1953
2) Letter of acceptance, John McLachlan to G.W. Whitehead. April 11th 1953
3) Alcan Personnel Department introduction form, to Mr. G. T. Malby, Resident Engineer, May 13th 1953
4) Invitation to join Retirement Income and Life Insurance Plan, Ian Maclean to John McLachlan, June 23rd 1954.
5) Account of duties as Senior Draughtsman, John McLachlan to W. H. Sparks, September 11th 1956.
John McLachlan arrived in Kitimat in 1953 as a 23-year-old immigrant and went on to work at Alcan's Property Engineering Department for almost 40 years. He started out as a land surveyor and cartographer in the town's early years and ended his career as a Senior Legal Draftsmen.
Custodial History
Donated by Jean Lunny, January 12th 2018
Scope and Content
Photocopied documents relating to John McLachlan's employment with Alcan.
1) Letter of employment, G. W. Whitehead (Alcan) to John McLachlan, offering position as Draughtsman in Kitimat. April 10th 1953
2) Letter of acceptance, John McLachlan to G.W. Whitehead. April 11th 1953
3) Alcan Personnel Department introduction form, to Mr. G. T. Malby, Resident Engineer, May 13th 1953
4) Invitation to join Retirement Income and Life Insurance Plan, Ian Maclean to John McLachlan, June 23rd 1954.
5) Account of duties as Senior Draughtsman, John McLachlan to W. H. Sparks, September 11th 1956.
Photograph of aerial view looking west showing alumina storage and coke calcining plant areas. Note surcharge removal to stage 1 position. Lots of snow.
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 looking west showing alumina storage and coke calcining plant areas. Note surcharge removal to stage 1 position. Lots of snow.
Photograph of aerial view of alumina storage area looking west and showing surcharge in stage 1 position. Note new scow grid and salt water pumphouse in foreground.
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 of alumina storage area looking west and showing surcharge in stage 1 position. Note new scow grid and salt water pumphouse in foreground.
Photograph of view looking south showing concrete ringwall of Alumina Bin 504F nearing completion and erection of steel for bins 504E and D in progress.
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 view looking south showing concrete ringwall of Alumina Bin 504F nearing completion and erection of steel for bins 504E and D in progress.
Photograph of aerial view of alumina storage area looking west and showing surcharge in stage 1 position. Note new scow grid and salt water pumphouse in foreground.
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 of alumina storage area looking west and showing surcharge in stage 1 position. Note new scow grid and salt water pumphouse in foreground.
Photograph of looking N.E. at storage building area of hydraulic fill showing west half of area filled to elevation 20 feet. Stripping started again in pond area at right centre.
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 looking N.E. at storage building area of hydraulic fill showing west half of area filled to elevation 20 feet. Stripping started again in pond area at right centre.
Photograph of looking north, west half of storage building portion of hydraulic fill area. Dike protecting portion being stripped at right centre. Area in foreground partially stripped.
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 looking north, west half of storage building portion of hydraulic fill area. Dike protecting portion being stripped at right centre. Area in foreground partially stripped.
Photograph of view looking north-east showing Sagimat storage near Moore Creek in foreground and site preperation between Moore and Anderson Creek in background. Some workers visible outside.
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 view looking north-east showing Sagimat storage near Moore Creek in foreground and site preperation between Moore and Anderson Creek in background. Some workers visible outside.
Photograph of clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east. Wood and debris being burned in centre. Truck parked in foreground.
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 clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east. Wood and debris being burned in centre. Truck parked in foreground.
