Photograph of the $3,000,000 Kitimat hospital is sceduled to be called in mis December. It was designed by the Vanouver architectural firm of Thompson, Berwick and Pratt. The reinforced concrete structure will be built in two stages. Initial stage will provide 113 beds with services designed for 219 beds. It is included within the five storey structure that will be the public health facilities. In the foreground, and at right angles to the main hospital building, is the surgical wing under which is the single storey administration building. To the right is theproposed medical arts building to accommodate physicians, surgens, dentists and pharmacists. Hospital consultants for the project are Agnew, Craig and Peckham of Toronto. Completion of the first stage is sceduled for thr fall of 1959.
Photograph of the $3,000,000 Kitimat hospital is sceduled to be called in mis December. It was designed by the Vanouver architectural firm of Thompson, Berwick and Pratt. The reinforced concrete structure will be built in two stages. Initial stage will provide 113 beds with services designed for 219 beds. It is included within the five storey structure that will be the public health facilities. In the foreground, and at right angles to the main hospital building, is the surgical wing under which is the single storey administration building. To the right is theproposed medical arts building to accommodate physicians, surgens, dentists and pharmacists. Hospital consultants for the project are Agnew, Craig and Peckham of Toronto. Completion of the first stage is sceduled for thr fall of 1959.
8 photos of Alcan Engineering. 1) Looking East From Centre Passageway Bldg 7B 2) Completed Roof Fan Walking on Potroom 8B West 3) Looking West in Potroom 8B West from Column Line 12 4) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 5) General View of Progress of Work in Potline 8A East 6) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 7) Looking East from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A 8) Looking West from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A
8 photos of Alcan Engineering. 1) Looking East From Centre Passageway Bldg 7B 2) Completed Roof Fan Walking on Potroom 8B West 3) Looking West in Potroom 8B West from Column Line 12 4) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 5) General View of Progress of Work in Potline 8A East 6) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 7) Looking East from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A 8) Looking West from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A
Slide showing cleared out area with Alcan potlines visible in the distance. Road is visible, and a green truck is driving to the right in the foreground.
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 cleared out area with Alcan potlines visible in the distance. Road is visible, and a green truck is driving to the right in the foreground.
Photo showing Alcan industrial site, during the Alcan project and Potlines 1 and 2, as well as scenery in background, Mount Elizabeth and tidal flats seen.
Photo showing Alcan industrial site, during the Alcan project and Potlines 1 and 2, as well as scenery in background, Mount Elizabeth and tidal flats seen.
