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Interior of New Apartment Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29814
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8668
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the interior of one of the units in the new apartment buildings built by G. W, Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8668
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 17.5 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the interior of one of the units in the new apartment buildings built by G. W, Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955 or 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts White Hall, the women's residence at Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
213
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955 or 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts White Hall, the women's residence at Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Evelyn Harris Collection Accession # 70.30.1
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Tent with flat-top house assembly

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description222
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Item Number
216
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1956
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Slide No. 40 -- The circus tent assembly line was erected at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge. Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled there 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. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Nechako Centre completed

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description260
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the exterior of the newly completed Nechako Centre in Kitimat, Shop Easy at the end of the complex. A bulldozer compacts the gravel - site preparation for the parking lot.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
254
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the exterior of the newly completed Nechako Centre in Kitimat, Shop Easy at the end of the complex. A bulldozer compacts the gravel - site preparation for the parking lot.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Part of Board of School Trustees Collection 982.91
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Temporary hospital at Alcan Beach

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description203
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
77.68.3
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the temporary hospital constructed on the beach at Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
197
Accession Number
77.68.3
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the temporary hospital constructed on the beach at Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat General Hospital Collection
Subject Access
Hospitals
Construction of Buildings
Images

Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- 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. Pat Jimenez Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images

New Row of Apartment Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29813
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8667
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a row of new apartment buildings built by G.W. Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8667
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 20 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a row of new apartment buildings built by G.W. Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1957
Accession Number
2003.32.33
Scope and Content
Buildings with mountian in background
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.33
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Buildings with mountian in background
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.68
Scope and Content
Buildings with construction lumber out front. One building has red dome entrance.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.68
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Buildings with construction lumber out front. One building has red dome entrance.
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
2003.32.69
Scope and Content
Building construction and construction lumber
Part Of
Bill Frahler Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.32.69
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Building construction and construction lumber
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.12
Scope and Content
Photograph of potline buildings. Mount Elizabeth visible in background.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.12
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 17x22.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of potline buildings. Mount Elizabeth visible in background.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.57
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite buildings.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.57
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 8.5x12.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite buildings.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.93
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite buildings with conveyors.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.93
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9x12.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite buildings with conveyors.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.121
Scope and Content
Photograph of buildings at Alcan.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.121
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9x12.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of buildings at Alcan.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage

View of Smeltersite Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33047
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.10
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of smeltersite buildings through trees on hillside.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.10
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 17x22.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of smeltersite buildings through trees on hillside.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Smeltersite Area and Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33048
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.11
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite area and buildigns. Pile of logs in foreground and powerline towers in background.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.11
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 17x23cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite area and buildigns. Pile of logs in foreground and powerline towers in background.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Construction of Buildings at Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33050
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.13
Scope and Content
Photograph of construction of buildings at smeltersite. Douglas Channel in background.
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.13
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 17x22.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of construction of buildings at smeltersite. Douglas Channel in background.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.164
Scope and Content
Photograph of buildings near the water. One building has sign read "The Shoe Horn".
Part Of
Bill Gallacher Collection
Creator
Bill Gallacher
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.5.164
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9x12.5cm
History / Biographical
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of buildings near the water. One building has sign read "The Shoe Horn".
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Smeltersite Buildings and Area

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30436
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2002.44.63
Scope and Content
Photograph of caissons docks, Delta King, and some of smeltersite during construction of smelter.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.63
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.25 x 3.25 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of caissons docks, Delta King, and some of smeltersite during construction of smelter.

Smeltersite Buildings and Area

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30437
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2002.44.64
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite houses, bunkhouses, Hudson's Bay, boat harbour and construction of smelter.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.64
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.25 x 4 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite houses, bunkhouses, Hudson's Bay, boat harbour and construction of smelter.

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