Fonds consists of over 200 photograph slides and photograph negatives from 1952 & 1953. Images are of Caisson dock construction, wharf and smeltersite construction.
Approximately 200 photograph slides and photographs
History / Biographical
Fred DeLory was an engineer on the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. smeltersite construction project f rom 1952 to 1953. He worked in an office that was located uphill from where the first pot lines were located. He went on to become a professor of civil engineering at the University of Toronto.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of over 200 photograph slides and photograph negatives from 1952 & 1953. Images are of Caisson dock construction, wharf and smeltersite construction.
Photographs of Fred DeLory, one of the two original signers for the incorportation of the town of Kitimat, in the Alcan construction office. Smeltersite, spring of 1953.
Fred DeLory worked for Arvida P.Q. and was transferred to Kitimat at the beginning of 1952. He was the first town engineer.
Scope and Content
Photographs of Fred DeLory, one of the two original signers for the incorportation of the town of Kitimat, in the Alcan construction office. Smeltersite, spring of 1953.
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite cafeteria under construction.
Photograph of Cafeteria, 4:00 p.m. February 14/ 1952. Note dragline and Euclids stripping area and Euclids on access road to North-South mole. Boiler house in background.
Photograph of Cafeteria, 4:00 p.m. February 14/ 1952. Note dragline and Euclids stripping area and Euclids on access road to North-South mole. Boiler house in background.
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.
