Photos of early Kitimat life, including Hans W. Harnoth and Shirley Harnoth, parents of Harry Harnoth. Hans. W. Harnoth was born in Berlin but immigrated to Kitimat after hearing about job opportunities at Alcan. Hans and Shirley Harnoth were in Kitimat from 1955-1958, and always ranted and raved about how beautiful Kitimat was and all the wonders it has to offer.
Custodial History
Donated by Jacob Lubberts
Scope and Content
Photograph of 4 shirtless men walking down a dirt road with a river? behind them and forest on the left. Hans Harnoth included?
Monster 15,000- pound ingot containing the two millionth ton of Kitimat- produced aluminum is seen in the photo taken at Alcan's smelter last Friday. Assistant works manager T.L. Gibson extends a congratulatory handshake to casting machine operator Manuel Trigo in the presence of a number of department employees and supervisors. General foreman john Jeffrey Forecast the next millionth ton would arrive within four years.
Monster 15,000- pound ingot containing the two millionth ton of Kitimat- produced aluminum is seen in the photo taken at Alcan's smelter last Friday. Assistant works manager T.L. Gibson extends a congratulatory handshake to casting machine operator Manuel Trigo in the presence of a number of department employees and supervisors. General foreman john Jeffrey Forecast the next millionth ton would arrive within four years.
Photo showing Kitimat one of only 5 BC communities of over 5,000 population who went through 1965 without a fatal road accident. Reeve Sam Lindsay accepting award from RCMP inpector E.R. Lysyk of Prince Rupert.
Photo showing Kitimat one of only 5 BC communities of over 5,000 population who went through 1965 without a fatal road accident. Reeve Sam Lindsay accepting award from RCMP inpector E.R. Lysyk of Prince Rupert.
Photograph shows the Albatross and Grouse Streets Park. There are cement stairs and a sidewalk in the foreground, and the park is in the middle of the photograph. There are three children on the swing set, and to the left is a sandbox.
Photograph shows the Albatross and Grouse Streets Park. There are cement stairs and a sidewalk in the foreground, and the park is in the middle of the photograph. There are three children on the swing set, and to the left is a sandbox.
Photograph of the Alcan crew working on the logjam at the Alcan road. The jam backed up water over the road north of the bridge,
Notes
Under the direction of the Gil Pousard and Dave Allen an Alcan crew worked on this logjam at the Alcan road, until shift change Tuesday. The jam backed water up over the road north of the bridge.
Alcan smelter employees returning to work after layoffs due to plant shut down caused by a rock slide in Kemano tunnel. (Rock Fall in the Kemano Power tunnel 65' long, 140' high, and 125 cubic yards of material) cut off power to Kitimat plant. Only after a dewatering of the tunnel, was power restored.
Alcan smelter employees returning to work after layoffs due to plant shut down caused by a rock slide in Kemano tunnel. (Rock Fall in the Kemano Power tunnel 65' long, 140' high, and 125 cubic yards of material) cut off power to Kitimat plant. Only after a dewatering of the tunnel, was power restored.
