Photograph of the construction crews are racing the weather in Kitimat trying to get holes dug and filled in again before the fall rains and the winter snows. In Service Centre along side commercial Ave, a back hoe digs a trench for the laying of sewer pipes which next year will carry Service Centre wastes to the new sewage treatment plant. A specially equipped B.C. hydro truck holds power pole upright and rigid during the excavation.
Photograph of the construction crews are racing the weather in Kitimat trying to get holes dug and filled in again before the fall rains and the winter snows. In Service Centre along side commercial Ave, a back hoe digs a trench for the laying of sewer pipes which next year will carry Service Centre wastes to the new sewage treatment plant. A specially equipped B.C. hydro truck holds power pole upright and rigid during the excavation.
Photograph of the clearing on the trabsmission line right of way to Terrace from the B.C. Hydro is proceeding on scedule says Arthur Cope, super-intendant for Tidewater contracting LTD. The company holds the contract for clearing about 375 aces for the powerline right of way. With 105 men presently employed the clearing crew has reached it's peak, Mr.Cope said.
Photograph of the clearing on the trabsmission line right of way to Terrace from the B.C. Hydro is proceeding on scedule says Arthur Cope, super-intendant for Tidewater contracting LTD. The company holds the contract for clearing about 375 aces for the powerline right of way. With 105 men presently employed the clearing crew has reached it's peak, Mr.Cope said.
Photograph of B.C. Telephone crew spinning cable to messengers along road M. in neighbourhood C. One man is up on the pole, and the rest of the crew are down below. Three men are holding the cable from below. There is a truck behind them with the cable roll.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
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Photograph of B.C. Telephone crew spinning cable to messengers along road M. in neighbourhood C. One man is up on the pole, and the rest of the crew are down below. Three men are holding the cable from below. There is a truck behind them with the cable roll.
Photo showing two electricans and a "don't touch" diagram of electricty. BC Hydros Bill Warring (right) and Al Justus subformen, linemen demonstrating to about 50 district residents the dangers of fallen power lines and other hazards.
Photo showing two electricans and a "don't touch" diagram of electricty. BC Hydros Bill Warring (right) and Al Justus subformen, linemen demonstrating to about 50 district residents the dangers of fallen power lines and other hazards.
Photograph of Huge drums of cable for new hydro line linking Kitimat, Terrace, and Prince Rupert, stretch into the distance along the CNR siding behind service centre, dwarfing a car park nearby.
Photograph of Huge drums of cable for new hydro line linking Kitimat, Terrace, and Prince Rupert, stretch into the distance along the CNR siding behind service centre, dwarfing a car park nearby.
Photo showing Aristides (Ziggy) Monteilo operating the loader as Dave McLeod sat beind the wheel of the dump truck. Instructing the crew was Ed Zuchotzki.
Photo showing Aristides (Ziggy) Monteilo operating the loader as Dave McLeod sat beind the wheel of the dump truck. Instructing the crew was Ed Zuchotzki.
