Photo depicts Carl Agar looking up at Bill McLeod who is piloting a Sikorsky helicopter.
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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
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.
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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Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 2KR-298. -- Permanent housing construction began in 1957. Alcan Collection
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.
Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.
Photo depicts an aerial view looking northwest of Smeltersite housing, the hospital on the beach, the school in the centre, and the seaplane landing ramp.
Photo depicts an aerial view looking northwest of Smeltersite housing, the hospital on the beach, the school in the centre, and the seaplane landing ramp.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-43-1837. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection. KMA No. P00209.jpg
Photo depicts a worker with a double-headed axe on the Alcan Project posed at a waterfall located in the Kemano area.
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Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.76
Photo depicts a surveyor on the Alcan Project surveying and posed beside a waterfall located in the Kemano area.
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Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. -- ID No. C6067. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.79
Photo depicts a month's supply of powdered milk inside the dairy at Camp No. 5, Kemano. Two dairy workers are lifting a barrel to stack it onto another.
Photo depicts a month's supply of powdered milk inside the dairy at Camp No. 5, Kemano. Two dairy workers are lifting a barrel to stack it onto another.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-651.
Photo depicts a month's supply of powdered milk inside the dairy at Camp No. 5, Kemano. Two dairy workers are lifting a barrel to stack it onto another.
Photo depicts a month's supply of powdered milk inside the dairy at Camp No. 5, Kemano. Two dairy workers are lifting a barrel to stack it onto another.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-651.
Illustration depicts the extent of the Project, from the Kenney Dam and reservoir area to the transmission line and smelter. The future tunnel or the Kemano Completion Project is also included.
Illustration depicts the extent of the Project, from the Kenney Dam and reservoir area to the transmission line and smelter. The future tunnel or the Kemano Completion Project is also included.
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Illustration from Alcan's publication "Kitimat-Kemano, Five Years of Operation, 1954-1959". Alcan Collection
