This bottle of alumina has alumina with different colors because of its different impurities. It is cased in a glass bottle with a plastic screw-top lid there is a paper label on top that is labelled "5" and "1" is labelled on the side.
This bottle of alumina has alumina with different colors because of its different impurities. It is cased in a glass bottle with a plastic screw-top lid there is a paper label on top that is labelled "5" and "1" is labelled on the side.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
plastic
glass
Condition Remarks
Some of the alumina is mixed at the top, Plastic lid is scratched
A small glass bottle of white powder called Calcined Aluminum with a metal screw-top lid. The paper label on the side reads "CALCINED ALUMINUM" with a paper label at the top labelled "5" and a "2" at the bottom.
A small glass bottle of white powder called Calcined Aluminum with a metal screw-top lid. The paper label on the side reads "CALCINED ALUMINUM" with a paper label at the top labelled "5" and a "2" at the bottom.
Photo showing view looking north across Alumina Storage Building 504, forms being prepared for upper portion of east wall and dragline completing deep excavation at north end of building.
Photo showing view looking north across Alumina Storage Building 504, forms being prepared for upper portion of east wall and dragline completing deep excavation at north end of building.
This item is part of a large collection of photographs from Prince Rupert Daily News that was first transfered to the Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives. Images pertaining to Kitimat/Kemano were subsequently transfered to our repository.
Scope and Content
Photograph of water silo and industrial building, possibly Kemano
First alumina boat to discharge alumina for Alcan Smelter in Kitimat - arrived from Port Esquivel, Jamaica, in July 1954. Ship was named S.S. "Sun Karen".
First alumina boat to discharge alumina for Alcan Smelter in Kitimat - arrived from Port Esquivel, Jamaica, in July 1954. Ship was named S.S. "Sun Karen".