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Carl Agar and Bill McLeod with Sikorsky helicopter

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Carl Agar looking up at Bill McLeod who is piloting a Sikorsky helicopter.
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Item Number
7
GMD
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Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Carl Agar looking up at Bill McLeod who is piloting a Sikorsky helicopter.
Notes
Fourteen Sikorsky S-55 helicopters were used as workhorses and load carriers during construction. Carl Agar and his crew with Okanagan Helicopters took men and materials to otherwise inaccessible spots. Without these helicopters, Project engineers would never have maintained the construction schedule. Photographed by Art Hundert. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
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Agar, Carl
McLeod, Bill
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Okanagan Helicopters
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Twin Peaks Camp

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 05, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Twin Peaks Camp and towers No. 108R and 108L, as seen from tower No. 109L, looking south towards Kemano powerhouse.
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Item Number
115
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 05, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Twin Peaks Camp and towers No. 108R and 108L, as seen from tower No. 109L, looking south towards Kemano powerhouse.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1315. Alcan Collection
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Hangar & helicopter West Tahtsa

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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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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
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Tunnels
Okanagan Helicopters
Camps
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Loading Bell helicopter

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men loading supplies for construction of the transmission line into a Bell helicopter. The transmission line right-of-way is seen in the background.
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Item Number
108
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men loading supplies for construction of the transmission line into a Bell helicopter. The transmission line right-of-way is seen in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
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Transmission line
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Sikorsky helicopter at East Tahtsa camp

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter landing at East Tahtsa camp. View is looking west.
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Item Number
23
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter landing at East Tahtsa camp. View is looking west.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- Alcan no. KR-881. Alcan Collection
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Erecting truss for transmission line tower

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 16, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a truss being erected for the transmission line tower in the switchyard. Powell Peak is in the background. View is looking north-west.
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Item Number
102
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 16, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a truss being erected for the transmission line tower in the switchyard. Powell Peak is in the background. View is looking north-west.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1334. Alcan Collection
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Transmission line
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Tower No. 113L

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers piecing together the leg sections of Tower No. 113L by hand-winching them to height, then bolting them together on the inside.
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Item
Item Number
103
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers piecing together the leg sections of Tower No. 113L by hand-winching them to height, then bolting them together on the inside.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1215. Alcan Collection
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Transmission line
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Workers on transmission tower

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing without the use of safety lines atop a transmission tower in the "R" line during its construction on Kildala Pass.
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Item
Item Number
104
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing without the use of safety lines atop a transmission tower in the "R" line during its construction on Kildala Pass.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection, Accession no. 73.3.10.6
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Transmission line
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Cross arm of Tower No. 104L

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 18, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the cross-arm of tower No. 104L being hoisted into place. View is looking north-east, up the upper Kemano Valley.
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Item Number
105
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 18, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the cross-arm of tower No. 104L being hoisted into place. View is looking north-east, up the upper Kemano Valley.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1152. Alcan Collection
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Transmission line
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Workers standing on Tower No. 112L

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing atop Tower No. 112L. Towers No. 108R and 108L can also be seen. Twin Peaks Summits are in the background.
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Item Number
106
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing atop Tower No. 112L. Towers No. 108R and 108L can also be seen. Twin Peaks Summits are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1211. Use of safety lines absent. Alcan Collection
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Transmission line
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Road heading construction between Camps 10 and 11

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 17, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners drilling the road heading between Camps 10 and 11.
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Item
Item Number
109
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
July 17, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners drilling the road heading between Camps 10 and 11.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-428. Alcan Collection
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Cable inspector

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 13, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Auguste Buteau, Alcan Conductor Division Inspector, stamping his initials into a completed joint for the transmission line to mark it as O.K.
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Item
Item Number
110
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 13, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Auguste Buteau, Alcan Conductor Division Inspector, stamping his initials into a completed joint for the transmission line to mark it as O.K.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1143. -- Mr. Buteau was from the Isle Maligne in Quebec. Each joint in the transmission line had to be inspected and stamped. Alcan Collection
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Buteau, Auguste
Subject Access
Transmission line
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Stringing Falcon conductors for transmission line

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 25, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers stringing Falcon conductors between towers No. 25 and 26 in the Kemano Valley. View is looking north.
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Item
Item Number
111
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 25, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers stringing Falcon conductors between towers No. 25 and 26 in the Kemano Valley. View is looking north.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-649. Alcan Collection
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Camp 8 preparation

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 08, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts bull cooks preparing Camp No. 8 for occupancy. Twin Peaks is in the background.
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Item Number
112
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 08, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts bull cooks preparing Camp No. 8 for occupancy. Twin Peaks is in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-827. Alcan Collection
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Camp No. 4

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 22, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view from Camp No. 4 in the "Hanging Valley" below Kildala Pass, upper right. Tower No. 130L is in the foreground. Telephoto view.
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Item Number
113
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 22, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view from Camp No. 4 in the "Hanging Valley" below Kildala Pass, upper right. Tower No. 130L is in the foreground. Telephoto view.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1368. Alcan Collection
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Kemano Pass camp

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
75.37.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the tent camp at tower No. 106 in the Kemano Pass. Kemano River Valley is in the background.
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Item Number
114
Accession Number
75.37.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the tent camp at tower No. 106 in the Kemano Pass. Kemano River Valley is in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. June Coultan Collection
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Camp No. 10

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 20, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the area between Twin Peaks and Pass Summit showing Camp No. 10, the concrete batching plant and several of the tower sites. View from Twin Peaks.
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Item Number
116
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 20, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the area between Twin Peaks and Pass Summit showing Camp No. 10, the concrete batching plant and several of the tower sites. View from Twin Peaks.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-520. Alcan Collection
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Camp No. 10 tents and cook

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 12, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the "main street" of Camp No. 10 partially cleared. A cook stands beside one of several new tents that have been erected.
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Item Number
117
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 12, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the "main street" of Camp No. 10 partially cleared. A cook stands beside one of several new tents that have been erected.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-922. Alcan Collection
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Tower No. 116L

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 05, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers standing on Tower No. 116.L. The men are guying the tower to secure it for winter. Kildala Pass is to the left.
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Item Number
118
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 05, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers standing on Tower No. 116.L. The men are guying the tower to secure it for winter. Kildala Pass is to the left.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1422. Winterizing the towers in 1953 was pushed to completion as quickly as possible. Alcan Collection
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Camp No. 11 in summer

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two buildings at Camp No. 11 constructed on raised platforms in anticipation of the snow.
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Item Number
119
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two buildings at Camp No. 11 constructed on raised platforms in anticipation of the snow.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Fritz Wurster was Kemano's Ingot photographer. Fritz Wurster Collection 2002.32
Subject Access
Transmission line
Storage Location
Album
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