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Inspecting Transmission Line Insulators

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description136
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1963
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Adam Charneski inspecting transmission lines insulators as part of their maintenance.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
130
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Montreal
Date Range
ca. 1963
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Adam Charneski inspecting transmission lines insulators as part of their maintenance.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Montreal ID No. T-144. -- Photograph taken by either Malak Karsh or Keith Summers. Alcan Collection 2002.27
Name Access
Charneski, Adam
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Object Type
gift
Material
wood & glass
Accession Number
974.97.1-3
Description
These insulators have wood, and a glass object on top. Used for old telegraph lines.
Object Type
gift
Quantity
3
Description
These insulators have wood, and a glass object on top. Used for old telegraph lines.
Physical Condition
fair
Material
wood & glass
Width
6
Length
34
Accession Number
974.97.1-3
Category
Energy Production T&E
Location
Bay 3 Shelf 1
Material
glass
Manufacturer
Hemingray
Accession Number
978.42.8-10
Description
Insulators are made out of green glass, and used for telephones. One has a broken bottom. Brand name "Hemingray". Used for electrical insulation of telegraphs, controlling electrical current due to their high resistivity.
Quantity
1
Description
Insulators are made out of green glass, and used for telephones. One has a broken bottom. Brand name "Hemingray". Used for electrical insulation of telegraphs, controlling electrical current due to their high resistivity.
Physical Condition
fair
Material
glass
Condition Remarks
Broken parts
Width
8.8
Length
9.8
Accession Number
978.42.8-10
Category
Telecommunication T&E
Location
Bay 1 Shelf 2 Box 2 (10) Settling the Valley, Cabinet 2 Drawer 3 (8-9)
Place of Manufacture
U.S.A.
Manufacturer
Hemingray
Manufacturer Country
U.S.A.

Clearing the transmission line

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14553
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
73.3.10
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kitimat/ Kemano transmission line
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.10
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 5" x 3"
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kitimat/ Kemano transmission line
Subject Access
Transmission line

Clearing The Transmission Line

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14554
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
73.3.10.1
Scope and Content
Photo showing clearing the transmission line
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.10.1
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 negative: b&w; 4" x 5"
Scope and Content
Photo showing clearing the transmission line
Subject Access
Transmission line
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
c.1952
Accession Number
73.3.10.3
Scope and Content
Photo showing transmission line
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.10.3
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
c.1952
Physical Description
1 negative: b&w; 5" x 4"
Scope and Content
Photo showing transmission line
Subject Access
Transmission line
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
73.3.10.6
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kitimat transmission lines
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.10.6
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 negative: b&w; 5" x 3"
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kitimat transmission lines
Subject Access
Transmission line
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
73.3.10.7
Scope and Content
Photo showing transmission line
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.10.7
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Project
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 negative: b&w; 4" x 4"
Scope and Content
Photo showing transmission line
Subject Access
Transmission line
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1938
Accession Number
73.3.1.8
Scope and Content
The Braun barn and strawberry patch.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.1.8
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1938
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 5" x 3"
Scope and Content
The Braun barn and strawberry patch.
Subject Access
Transmission line

Erecting truss for transmission line tower

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description108
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 16, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a truss being erected for the transmission line tower in the switchyard. Powell Peak is in the background. View is looking north-west.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
102
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 16, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a truss being erected for the transmission line tower in the switchyard. Powell Peak is in the background. View is looking north-west.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1334. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers piecing together the leg sections of Tower No. 113L by hand-winching them to height, then bolting them together on the inside.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
103
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers piecing together the leg sections of Tower No. 113L by hand-winching them to height, then bolting them together on the inside.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1215. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Workers on transmission tower

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description110
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing without the use of safety lines atop a transmission tower in the "R" line during its construction on Kildala Pass.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
104
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing without the use of safety lines atop a transmission tower in the "R" line during its construction on Kildala Pass.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection, Accession no. 73.3.10.6
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Cross arm of Tower No. 104L

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description111
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 18, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the cross-arm of tower No. 104L being hoisted into place. View is looking north-east, up the upper Kemano Valley.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
105
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 18, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the cross-arm of tower No. 104L being hoisted into place. View is looking north-east, up the upper Kemano Valley.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1152. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Workers standing on Tower No. 112L

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description112
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing atop Tower No. 112L. Towers No. 108R and 108L can also be seen. Twin Peaks Summits are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
106
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 04, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing atop Tower No. 112L. Towers No. 108R and 108L can also be seen. Twin Peaks Summits are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1211. Use of safety lines absent. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Loading Bell helicopter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description114
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
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.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
108
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
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.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Road heading construction between Camps 10 and 11

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description115
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 17, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners drilling the road heading between Camps 10 and 11.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
109
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
July 17, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners drilling the road heading between Camps 10 and 11.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-428. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 13, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Auguste Buteau, Alcan Conductor Division Inspector, stamping his initials into a completed joint for the transmission line to mark it as O.K.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
110
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 13, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Auguste Buteau, Alcan Conductor Division Inspector, stamping his initials into a completed joint for the transmission line to mark it as O.K.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1143. -- Mr. Buteau was from the Isle Maligne in Quebec. Each joint in the transmission line had to be inspected and stamped. Alcan Collection
Name Access
Buteau, Auguste
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Stringing Falcon conductors for transmission line

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description117
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 25, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers stringing Falcon conductors between towers No. 25 and 26 in the Kemano Valley. View is looking north.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
111
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 25, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers stringing Falcon conductors between towers No. 25 and 26 in the Kemano Valley. View is looking north.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-649. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 08, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts bull cooks preparing Camp No. 8 for occupancy. Twin Peaks is in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
112
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 08, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts bull cooks preparing Camp No. 8 for occupancy. Twin Peaks is in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-827. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 22, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view from Camp No. 4 in the "Hanging Valley" below Kildala Pass, upper right. Tower No. 130L is in the foreground. Telephoto view.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
113
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 22, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view from Camp No. 4 in the "Hanging Valley" below Kildala Pass, upper right. Tower No. 130L is in the foreground. Telephoto view.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1368. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

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