Showing steel framework of Kitimat's first curling club building being erected just East of the Kitimat River Bridge, Rod and Gun Association clubhouse is in the background.
Showing steel framework of Kitimat's first curling club building being erected just East of the Kitimat River Bridge, Rod and Gun Association clubhouse is in the background.
Photograph of the Public Saftey Building under construction at the corner of Kingfisher and Haisla Blvd. Framework in progress. Crane in centre. Men visible working. Lots of snow.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Public Saftey Building under construction at the corner of Kingfisher and Haisla Blvd. Framework in progress. Crane in centre. Men visible working. Lots of snow.
Photograph of view looking west from the Kingfisher Avenue of the B.C. Telephone Building under construction. Brick framework is being placed. A man can be seen wroking in the building. A truck is parker out front to the right.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of view looking west from the Kingfisher Avenue of the B.C. Telephone Building under construction. Brick framework is being placed. A man can be seen wroking in the building. A truck is parker out front to the right.
Photograph of #3 apartment building under construction in block 56. #1 apartment building, which has the first floor framed can be seen on the right hand side of the photograph. Please note paving completed on Oriole Street. There are vehicles on the road, and some people walking down. Acess to oriole is blocked off with barricade.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of #3 apartment building under construction in block 56. #1 apartment building, which has the first floor framed can be seen on the right hand side of the photograph. Please note paving completed on Oriole Street. There are vehicles on the road, and some people walking down. Acess to oriole is blocked off with barricade.
Photograph of municipal maintenence building under construction in the Service Centre. Framework and brickwork in progress. Men on roof working. Truck parked out front. There is some water pooled in front as well.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of municipal maintenence building under construction in the Service Centre. Framework and brickwork in progress. Men on roof working. Truck parked out front. There is some water pooled in front as well.
Photograph of Public Works Building under construction in the Service Centre. Scaffolding still up. Cinderblocks piled on scaffolding and ground. Sign for public works building and Northwest Construction is leaning on the right side.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Public Works Building under construction in the Service Centre. Scaffolding still up. Cinderblocks piled on scaffolding and ground. Sign for public works building and Northwest Construction is leaning on the right side.
Photograph of the constrution of "Anchor Tires Sales Ltd." building with a business truck parked outside with two tires sitting in the bed of the truck
Photograph of the constrution of "Anchor Tires Sales Ltd." building with a business truck parked outside with two tires sitting in the bed of the truck
Photograph of a building under construction. Building is boxed shaped with wooden framework and is being constructed with brick. Snow on ground around it.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a building under construction. Building is boxed shaped with wooden framework and is being constructed with brick. Snow on ground around it.
Slide showing construction of a building for the Alcan smelter. Steel framework with one side low with a flat roof, and the other side tall. Other construction material is layed on the ground, and there is a dump truck below the building.
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 construction of a building for the Alcan smelter. Steel framework with one side low with a flat roof, and the other side tall. Other construction material is layed on the ground, and there is a dump truck below the building.
