Slide showing the graving dock where the Alcan wharf caissons were constructed. It is filled with water. Boats and structures are visible on the edge. This area was used for the Kitimat Yacht Club. Behind, the Kitimat River estuary is visible, and beyond that the mountains (Mount Elizabeth obscured by cloud).
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.
Scope and Content
Slide showing the graving dock where the Alcan wharf caissons were constructed. It is filled with water. Boats and structures are visible on the edge. This area was used for the Kitimat Yacht Club. Behind, the Kitimat River estuary is visible, and beyond that the mountains (Mount Elizabeth obscured by cloud).
N/W corner of Smelter Site, looking east. North access road in left foreground. Area for service buildings in center foreground. Cold deck pile No. 1 in right foreground. Overburden disposal ramp in background.
N/W corner of Smelter Site, looking east. North access road in left foreground. Area for service buildings in center foreground. Cold deck pile No. 1 in right foreground. Overburden disposal ramp in background.
Photograph of smeltersite looking west from eastern boundary. Compacted gravel fill being placed. Note that the fill under the pipes at the centre is at final grade of 45' 6". Material, construction, and buildings visible in back.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite looking west from eastern boundary. Compacted gravel fill being placed. Note that the fill under the pipes at the centre is at final grade of 45' 6". Material, construction, and buildings visible in back.
Photograph of southern edge of smeltersite, looking east. Side slopes of gravel fill being completed to grade. Truck dumping gravel, and workers visible. Powerlines along left side.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of southern edge of smeltersite, looking east. Side slopes of gravel fill being completed to grade. Truck dumping gravel, and workers visible. Powerlines along left side.
Photograph of smeltersite looking east. K.C. administration building left foreground. Ground water ditch in front of pre-cast concrete yard. Service building area with pre-cast panels in place for forge shop and warehouse. Footing forms prepared for potroom 2C at right.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite looking east. K.C. administration building left foreground. Ground water ditch in front of pre-cast concrete yard. Service building area with pre-cast panels in place for forge shop and warehouse. Footing forms prepared for potroom 2C at right.
Photograph of N.W. corner of smeltersite, looking east. Compacted gravel fill being placed and rolled in foreground. Stripping proceeding in middleground. Workers visible. Douglas Channel in background.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of N.W. corner of smeltersite, looking east. Compacted gravel fill being placed and rolled in foreground. Stripping proceeding in middleground. Workers visible. Douglas Channel in background.
Photograph of smeltersite looking east. Precast yard and storage in foreground. Structural steel being erected in service buildings. Forms being placed for building 153 and rectifier building 102. Trucks dumping backfill behind. Burning in townsite area left background.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite looking east. Precast yard and storage in foreground. Structural steel being erected in service buildings. Forms being placed for building 153 and rectifier building 102. Trucks dumping backfill behind. Burning in townsite area left background.
Photographs of graving dock - caissons are built in a huge hole and then floated out to a stationary position and sunk. This is then the base of the wharf. Photo shows construction area with framework, and people working in a pit.
Fred DeLory worked for Arvida P.Q. and was transferred to Kitimat at the beginning of 1952. He was the first town engineer.
Scope and Content
Photographs of graving dock - caissons are built in a huge hole and then floated out to a stationary position and sunk. This is then the base of the wharf. Photo shows construction area with framework, and people working in a pit.
