Photograph of construction of electrical repair building at smeltersite. Building structure is framework. Other buildings covered in tarps are in front. Lots of snow on ground.
Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak lived and worked in Kitimat in the 1950s. Their daughter, Nancy Anne, was born here in 1957.
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Photograph of construction of electrical repair building at smeltersite. Building structure is framework. Other buildings covered in tarps are in front. Lots of snow on ground.
Photograph of construction of the electrical repair shop building at Alcan smeltersite. Other buildings are in front covered in tarps. Lots of snow on ground.
Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak lived and worked in Kitimat in the 1950s. Their daughter, Nancy Anne, was born here in 1957.
Scope and Content
Photograph of construction of the electrical repair shop building at Alcan smeltersite. Other buildings are in front covered in tarps. Lots of snow on ground.
Slide showing wooden structure debris. Some sort of metal part/device with a crank is in the middle. Charred trees, and fireweed around it. Machinery working on cleared area in background.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
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Slide showing wooden structure debris. Some sort of metal part/device with a crank is in the middle. Charred trees, and fireweed around it. Machinery working on cleared area in background.
A plastic and metal electrical plug one end has a hole and the other end has a yellow plug with three grooves. Also called a Walzenstecker it is a German plug for old phones
A plastic and metal electrical plug one end has a hole and the other end has a yellow plug with three grooves. Also called a Walzenstecker it is a German plug for old phones
Photograph of 4-pole structure that will temporarily serve the electrical districtbution for the City Centre. Note the external steps on the South Side of the Alcan commecial building.
Photograph of 4-pole structure that will temporarily serve the electrical districtbution for the City Centre. Note the external steps on the South Side of the Alcan commecial building.
