Photo depicts Sam Hanna directing a crane operator in hoisting a crucible filled with molten aluminum on a potline.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears in "The Story of British Columbia", The Story of Canada Series, 1966. Alcan Collection
Kitimat Pipe Band marching while playing on the ice. The man in the middle of the band is playing a drum that has "Kitimat BC Canada", written on it. The right side of the picture shows four flags hanging above spectator heads.
Kitimat Pipe Band marching while playing on the ice. The man in the middle of the band is playing a drum that has "Kitimat BC Canada", written on it. The right side of the picture shows four flags hanging above spectator heads.
Photo depicts three men standing beside the scroll case for Unit No. 4, which is awaiting transport into the powerhouse. View is from the portal entrance looking towards Mt. Powell.
Photo depicts three men standing beside the scroll case for Unit No. 4, which is awaiting transport into the powerhouse. View is from the portal entrance looking towards Mt. Powell.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 5793. Alcan Collection
Photo depicts the powerhouse's Unit No. 4 showing screeds set and resteel installed for concrete pour No. 1 to Elevation 184.0'. The tailrace channel is seen top right.
Photo depicts the powerhouse's Unit No. 4 showing screeds set and resteel installed for concrete pour No. 1 to Elevation 184.0'. The tailrace channel is seen top right.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 5793. Alcan Collection
Photo depicts H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip inspecting the first ingot poured at the new smelter in Kitimat. President R.E. Powell (right) and Manager A.W. Whitaker Jr. (left).
Photo depicts H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip inspecting the first ingot poured at the new smelter in Kitimat. President R.E. Powell (right) and Manager A.W. Whitaker Jr. (left).
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Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection
Photo depicts the newly constructed dock, Terminal Wharf No. 1. View looking south-west from a point on the graving dock. Hydraulic fill dredge pipeline in the foreground running along at water level.
Photo depicts the newly constructed dock, Terminal Wharf No. 1. View looking south-west from a point on the graving dock. Hydraulic fill dredge pipeline in the foreground running along at water level.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-846. -- Note progress of conveyor gallery steel, kangaroo crane and pneumatic unloading equipment. Alcan Collection 78.11.68
Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-451. -- Sloping sides avoided cave-ins. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.267
Photo depicts a group of men concerned with the caisson dock construction. From left is Messrs., Cam Jenkinson, George Malby, McCallum, Hal Whiting, J. B. Whitton, S. T. Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Dick Hermann. View is of three floating caissons that were being towed into position for sinking, creating the smelter dock.
Photo depicts a group of men concerned with the caisson dock construction. From left is Messrs., Cam Jenkinson, George Malby, McCallum, Hal Whiting, J. B. Whitton, S. T. Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Dick Hermann. View is of three floating caissons that were being towed into position for sinking, creating the smelter dock.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-362. -- Messrs. Jenkinson, Wynne-Jones, and Hermann all work for Alcan Engineering under the Resident Engineer George Malby. Messrs. J.B. Whitton and Van Houten work for the consulting firm of Frederick R. Harris & Co. of New York, N.Y. Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.212
Photo depicts bulldozers placing fill in the south-west corner of the storage area, to the final elevation of 28.5 ft. View is looking north-east at storage area of hydraulic fill.
Photo depicts bulldozers placing fill in the south-west corner of the storage area, to the final elevation of 28.5 ft. View is looking north-east at storage area of hydraulic fill.
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Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 79.31.7
