Photo showing brdge site looking west from east bank of Kitimat River, forms for east piers being placed, immediate foreground, guides for sheey piling in place for centre piers, centre background, first piece of sheet piling in place.
Photo showing brdge site looking west from east bank of Kitimat River, forms for east piers being placed, immediate foreground, guides for sheey piling in place for centre piers, centre background, first piece of sheet piling in place.
Photo showing view looking west, centre foreground: forms in place for sheet piling for east piers, right foreground: first and second cribs of east and temporary bridge, centre background: right sheet piling center piers all placed, left-western cribs and deck for temporary bridge being placed.
Photo showing view looking west, centre foreground: forms in place for sheet piling for east piers, right foreground: first and second cribs of east and temporary bridge, centre background: right sheet piling center piers all placed, left-western cribs and deck for temporary bridge being placed.
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
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.
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
-District of Kitimat
-Miscellaneous
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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.
