Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Pat Jimenez Collection
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1061. Alcan Collection 78.11.89
Photo depicts the boardwalk between homes 36 and 32 on Finch Steet in the Nechako neighbourhood. View is north-east looking towards Nalabila Boulevard.
Photo depicts the boardwalk between homes 36 and 32 on Finch Steet in the Nechako neighbourhood. View is north-east looking towards Nalabila Boulevard.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- This house type was called a "chicken coop". -- Photograph taken from Fulmar Street. Alcan Collection 73.3.6.1
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection. Negative found in 2014.14 collection.
Photo showing Columbia Bridge is coming down and will be out of service for about another month according to the municipal engineering department. The old stringers are to be removed Friday and following that the main culvert will be installed and the cavity filled and eventually paved. Kuldo Bridge is to get the same treatment once Columbia is back in use.
Current: 1960s
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Photo showing Columbia Bridge is coming down and will be out of service for about another month according to the municipal engineering department. The old stringers are to be removed Friday and following that the main culvert will be installed and the cavity filled and eventually paved. Kuldo Bridge is to get the same treatment once Columbia is back in use.
Photo depicts construction of two pan-abode waiting rooms on the beach at Smeltersite for Pacific Western Airlines. A "Mallard" amphibian airplane unloads on the landing ramp in the background.
Photo depicts construction of two pan-abode waiting rooms on the beach at Smeltersite for Pacific Western Airlines. A "Mallard" amphibian airplane unloads on the landing ramp in the background.
Notes
Pan-Abode is interlocking red cedar building materials invented in 1948 in British Columbia. The builders of Kitimat chose innovative materials such as Pan-Abode for the town. Pan-Abode was used in some of the first prototype homes on Kitimat's first streets - Oriole, Pintail, and Partridge. It is also an efficient building material as a structure can be assembled very quickly. Northern Sentinel Press Collection. P00226.jpg
In 2013, the Kitimat Museum and Archives worked with the District of Kitimat, and the Recreation Department, to select images commemorating 60 years of Community in the town of Kitimat. The display can physically be seen on display in the hallway of Riverlodge Recreation Centre.
In 2013, the Kitimat Museum and Archives worked with the District of Kitimat, and the Recreation Department, to select images commemorating 60 years of Community in the town of Kitimat. The display can physically be seen on display in the hallway of Riverlodge Recreation Centre.
Photo showing power distribution crew is shown above erecting new double-arm aluminum light standards along the centre island at the Haisla-Kuldo intersection. The standards, some double, others single, all equipped with mercury vapor lamps will light Haisla from the intersection to the bridge, Commercial for its full length and Kuldo from Haisla to Columbia. Bases for the standards were installed in late November but the poles, which were made elsewhere, did not arrive in Kitimat until last week.
Current: 1960s
-District of Kitimat
-Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing power distribution crew is shown above erecting new double-arm aluminum light standards along the centre island at the Haisla-Kuldo intersection. The standards, some double, others single, all equipped with mercury vapor lamps will light Haisla from the intersection to the bridge, Commercial for its full length and Kuldo from Haisla to Columbia. Bases for the standards were installed in late November but the poles, which were made elsewhere, did not arrive in Kitimat until last week.
Photo depicts flat-top temporary housing lining the hillside up to the Aluminum City Motel at the treeline. View is northwest. Grader on Kuldo Boulevard.
Photo depicts flat-top temporary housing lining the hillside up to the Aluminum City Motel at the treeline. View is northwest. Grader on Kuldo Boulevard.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Negative No. 29337. -- The circus tent assembly line was erected . Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. 73.3.6.6
Kitimat Council 1966, from left: Edith Angle, Hugh Gresham, Don Stickney. Facing camera are Art Currie, Reeve Sam Lindsay, and Linda Shepherd. At right: Tom Smith, Joe Banyay, Paul Asikainen.
Kitimat Council 1966, from left: Edith Angle, Hugh Gresham, Don Stickney. Facing camera are Art Currie, Reeve Sam Lindsay, and Linda Shepherd. At right: Tom Smith, Joe Banyay, Paul Asikainen.
One of the Kitimat minor hockey teams practising on the Kitimat outdoor ice rink. In the background is Squirrel Mountain/Clague Mountain, looking west.
One of the Kitimat minor hockey teams practising on the Kitimat outdoor ice rink. In the background is Squirrel Mountain/Clague Mountain, looking west.