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Alcan from Top of Carbon Plant

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30648
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2003.8.24
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.
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Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.24
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.
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Malcom Orsted on Carbon Plant

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Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2003.8.39
Scope and Content
Photograph of Malcolm Orsted on top of carbon plant.
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Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.39
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of Malcolm Orsted on top of carbon plant.
Name Access
Orsted, Malcolm
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Alcan Plant

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Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2003.8.28
Scope and Content
Photograph of part of Alcan Plant.
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Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.28
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of part of Alcan Plant.
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Looking North From Top of the Sandhill

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description13921
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
78.11.58
Scope and Content
View looking north from the top of the sandhill showing CNR right of way and Service Centre clearing at left, and Kitimat River Bridge at right.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.58
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 Photograph : b&w ; 28 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
View looking north from the top of the sandhill showing CNR right of way and Service Centre clearing at left, and Kitimat River Bridge at right.
Notes
BC-2-655
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View of Wharf from Top of Alumina Silo

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30418
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.45
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of wharf from top of alumina silo.
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Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.45
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of wharf from top of alumina silo.
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View from Base to Top of Totem Pole

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31378
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.28
Scope and Content
Photograph looking up from base of Totem Pole
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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.28
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.5 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 9.9 x 12.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph looking up from base of Totem Pole
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Top of Totem Pole

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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.7
Scope and Content
Photograph looking up to top of totem pole.
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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 6.2 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph looking up to top of totem pole.
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Top of Totem Pole

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31358
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.10
Scope and Content
Photograph showing top of totem pole
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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 7.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing top of totem pole
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Tent with flat-top house assembly

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Item Number
216
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1956
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Slide No. 40 -- The circus tent assembly line was erected at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge. Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled there 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. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
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Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
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
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images
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Looking up Toward Top of Totem Pole

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31664
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.49
Scope and Content
photograph showing view from ground level looking up at Totem Pole.
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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.49
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.7 x 25.6 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 9.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
photograph showing view from ground level looking up at Totem Pole.
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Steam Plant and Smelter Construction

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Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2002.44.65
Scope and Content
Photograph of steam plant and construction of smelter at smeltersite.
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Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.65
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.25 x 3.5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of steam plant and construction of smelter at smeltersite.
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Duke of Edinburgh Arrives at the Plant

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[3 August, 1954]
Accession Number
2005.8.8671
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the Duke of Edinburgh standing outside the plant with George P. Melrose, A.C. Turney, Nathaniel Davis, President of Aluminium Ltd, C.D. Howe, Percy E. Radley, Alcan's B.C. Project Manager, R.E. Powell, President of Aluminium Co. of Canada and Whitaker, Vice President and General Manager of Aluminium Co.
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8671
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[3 August, 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the Duke of Edinburgh standing outside the plant with George P. Melrose, A.C. Turney, Nathaniel Davis, President of Aluminium Ltd, C.D. Howe, Percy E. Radley, Alcan's B.C. Project Manager, R.E. Powell, President of Aluminium Co. of Canada and Whitaker, Vice President and General Manager of Aluminium Co.
Name Access
Duke of Edinburgh, H.R.H
Melrose, George P.
Turney, A.C.
Radley, Percy E.
Davis, Nathaniel
Howe, C.D.
Powell, R.E.
Whitaker
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Duke of Edinburgh Visits the New Plant

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[3 August, 1954]
Accession Number
2005.8.8670
Scope and Content
1 flip negative showing the Duke of Edinburgh looking at the result of an aluminum pouring done just for him by the Plant Manager, J.G. Campbell.
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8670
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[3 August, 1954]
Physical Description
1 flip negative : b & w ; 28 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
1 flip negative showing the Duke of Edinburgh looking at the result of an aluminum pouring done just for him by the Plant Manager, J.G. Campbell.
Name Access
Duke of Edinburgh, H.R.H
J.G. Campbell
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A.C. Turney During a Royal Visit to Plant

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29873
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[3 August, 1954]
Accession Number
2005.8.8672
Scope and Content
Photograph showing A.C. Turney during the Duke of Edinburgh's visit.
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8672
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[3 August, 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 11 x 14.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing A.C. Turney during the Duke of Edinburgh's visit.
Name Access
Turney, A.C.
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Douglas Channel from Viewpoint

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29785
Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19-30 Aug 1955
Accession Number
2020.1.4
Scope and Content
Douglas Channel from viewpoint
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Part Of
Lorna Daniel Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.1.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19-30 Aug 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 8.7 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 8.9 x 6.1 cm
Scope and Content
Douglas Channel from viewpoint
Geographic Access
Douglas Channel
Storage Location
photograph sorage
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Flood Conditions From Kitimat River

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description13895
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
73.3.6.11
Scope and Content
Photo taken shortly after 2:00 pm when flood conditions from Kitimat River topped the Neighbourhood C Dyke at Station 32/00
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.6.11
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
Photo taken shortly after 2:00 pm when flood conditions from Kitimat River topped the Neighbourhood C Dyke at Station 32/00
Notes
J-2-180 Kt 349-2
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Totem Pole topped with Bird Sculpture

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31472
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.32
Scope and Content
Photograph shows totem pole topped with bird sculpture.
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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.32
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.7 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows totem pole topped with bird sculpture.
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Alcan on Reconnaissance

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the men in charge of operations. From left is Vice President A.W. Whitaker Jr. seen sitting in a helicopter; Project Manager Percy E. Radley; Chief Resident Engineer John Kendrick. The three men are all taking a look at what could be a map.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
8
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the men in charge of operations. From left is Vice President A.W. Whitaker Jr. seen sitting in a helicopter; Project Manager Percy E. Radley; Chief Resident Engineer John Kendrick. The three men are all taking a look at what could be a map.
Notes
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Name Access
Kendrick, John S.
Radley, Percy E.
Whitaker, A.W.
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1956 GMC Hauling Roots from Topsoil

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30636
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.8.12
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 Ford hauling roots from topsoil to do lawns in new subdivision near dyke.
More Information is Available
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.12
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of 1956 Ford hauling roots from topsoil to do lawns in new subdivision near dyke.
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