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20-ton tramway

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers going up the mountain on the 20-ton tramway.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
49
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers going up the mountain on the 20-ton tramway.
Notes
This tramway carried men and cargo from Kemano Camp 5 to the camps at the 1600' and 2600' elevations.Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.81
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Afternoon shift

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 25, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers from the afternoon shift exiting the Horetzky adit.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
41
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 25, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers from the afternoon shift exiting the Horetzky adit.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-396. Alcan Collection
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Aggregate and batch plant

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 04, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the aggregate and batch plant, which supplied the concrete for the large combined footings.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
122
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 04, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the aggregate and batch plant, which supplied the concrete for the large combined footings.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-565. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
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Drill doctor's shop

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 01, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men inside the underground drill doctor's shop.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
38
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 01, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men inside the underground drill doctor's shop.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1304. Alcan Collection
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Tunnels
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Drilling off the face

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 24, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers drilling off another round at the tunnel face.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
40
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 24, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers drilling off another round at the tunnel face.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-676. Alcan Collection
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Drilling on skip jumbo

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 16, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners drilling on the skip jumbo in the No. 1 penstock 900' below the 2600' level.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
47
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 16, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners drilling on the skip jumbo in the No. 1 penstock 900' below the 2600' level.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-935. -- The heading was slashed to a full 15' diameter. Alcan Collection
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Enlarging the valve chamber

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 26, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers inside the tunnel, enlarging the valve chamber for the No. 1 penstock on the 2600' level.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
43
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
January 26, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers inside the tunnel, enlarging the valve chamber for the No. 1 penstock on the 2600' level.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-712. Alcan Collection
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Give them both barrels sign

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 19, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker looking up at a sign above the entrance to the recreation hall that reads, "Tunnel target, give them both barrels Tahtsa." The sign was a target date for the two ends of the tunnel to meet September 1st.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
45
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 19, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker looking up at a sign above the entrance to the recreation hall that reads, "Tunnel target, give them both barrels Tahtsa." The sign was a target date for the two ends of the tunnel to meet September 1st.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-798. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
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Grand curling aggregate

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 March 1962
Accession Number
2005.8.3730
Scope and Content
Photo showing winners of "B" event and grand aggregate, from left: M. Ruehlen, Grace Richards, Bess McBroom, Rose Sharples.
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Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3730
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 March 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 10 x 10 cm
Custodial History
Sports: Curling
Scope and Content
Photo showing winners of "B" event and grand aggregate, from left: M. Ruehlen, Grace Richards, Bess McBroom, Rose Sharples.
Name Access
Ruehlen, M.
Richards, Grace
McBroom, Bess
Sharples, Rose
Subject Access
curling
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
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Hangar & helicopter West Tahtsa

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 17, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter outside a hangar at West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Men are gathered around a smaller helicopter to the left of the hangar.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
31
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 17, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter outside a hangar at West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Men are gathered around a smaller helicopter to the left of the hangar.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-788. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
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Okanagan Helicopters
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Horetzky Camp quonset hut construction

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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Description Level
Item
Item Number
32
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Notes
Alcan Collection
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Horetzky Creek Camp

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
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Item
Item Number
33
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Notes
Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.71
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Kemano

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Part Of
Leon Dumstrey-Soos Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Accession Number
2016.02.1
Scope and Content
Panoramic photograph of Kemano showing river, camp and tunnel entrance. Three sections of the photograph are pieced together to form panorama.
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Leon Dumstrey-Soos Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2016.02.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
3 photographic prints : b&w ; 25.5cm x 34cm
Scope and Content
Panoramic photograph of Kemano showing river, camp and tunnel entrance. Three sections of the photograph are pieced together to form panorama.
Subject Access
Kemano
Tunnel Construction
Storage Location
Map Cabinet
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Kemano 54' Access Tunnel Entrance

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Part Of
Christine Del Duca Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
2011.3.18
Scope and Content
Photograph of access tunnel entrance, Kemano
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Part Of
Christine Del Duca Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2011.3.18
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.7 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Photographer Harry McGee. Donated by his daughter Christine Del Duca. Originally sent to DOK Mayor's Office.
Scope and Content
Photograph of access tunnel entrance, Kemano
Name Access
McGee, Harry
Subject Access
Kemano
Tunnel Construction
Storage Location
Photograph storage
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Kemano and Horetzky heading crews

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 23, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Horetzky and Kemano heading crews meeting on top of the muck pile at the breakthrough point.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
55
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 23, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Horetzky and Kemano heading crews meeting on top of the muck pile at the breakthrough point.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1377. -- The crews bet on when they would meet the team working from the opposite end of the tunnel. Alcan Collection
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Lake Tahtsa tunnel

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Part Of
Holisky Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2014.1.7
Scope and Content
Interior of the Lake Tahtsa tunnel intake
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Holisky Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2014.1.7
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 9.9 cm
Scope and Content
Interior of the Lake Tahtsa tunnel intake
Subject Access
Tunnels
Railway
interior
Geographic Access
Lake Tahtsa
Storage Location
graphic material
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Men and machines Copco drill set-up

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 18, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the placing of men and machines in a typical "Copco" drilling set-up on the West Tahtsa main bore jumbo.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
35
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 18, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the placing of men and machines in a typical "Copco" drilling set-up on the West Tahtsa main bore jumbo.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-789. -- The lowest platform folds to allow the passage of muck cars. Alcan Collection
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Men in material skip

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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 29, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts four men inside a material skip from 2600' level going to the top of the surge shaft area.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
46
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 29, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts four men inside a material skip from 2600' level going to the top of the surge shaft area.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1284. Alcan Collection
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Muck dump slope 2600'

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 16, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the upper Kemano Valley, Twin Peaks and the Pass as seen overlooking the muck dump area and shop on the 2600' level at the Kemano end of the main power tunnel No. 1 looking North.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
50
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 16, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the upper Kemano Valley, Twin Peaks and the Pass as seen overlooking the muck dump area and shop on the 2600' level at the Kemano end of the main power tunnel No. 1 looking North.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-861. -- Photo taken from the bunkhouse area. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
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Mucking at the face

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 28, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers mucking at the face inside the tunnel at Station 28 plus 75 at West Tahtsa.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
39
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 28, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers mucking at the face inside the tunnel at Station 28 plus 75 at West Tahtsa.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-354. -- The heavy timbering seen lining the tunnel prevented loose rock from falling on miners' heads. Alcan Collection
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Tunnels
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