Photo depicts miners pouring the permanent crane rail beam along the upstream wall of the powerhouse's A-line. Seen is the special hopper mounted on one of the construction cranes.
Photo depicts miners pouring the permanent crane rail beam along the upstream wall of the powerhouse's A-line. Seen is the special hopper mounted on one of the construction cranes.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1144. -- The special hopper is filled by the concrete pump mounted at the inner end of the access tunnel. Alcan Collection
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of view concrete batch plant from top of sandhill. Kitimat.
Photograph of batch plant at Kemano. Transmission line poles are on either side with lines running above. Men can be seen working below to the left pf the building. Some smoke visible behind. Snowy mountain in background.
Kemano Timber Limited photos. The President and CEO was Ernest G. McCorkell.
Custodial History
Photos donated by James (Jim) Stewart.
Scope and Content
Photograph of batch plant at Kemano. Transmission line poles are on either side with lines running above. Men can be seen working below to the left pf the building. Some smoke visible behind. Snowy mountain in background.
Photo depicts the Bailey Bridge across the inner end of the access tunnel with form work in the background. View is from a high elevation under the roof looking northwest.
Photo depicts the Bailey Bridge across the inner end of the access tunnel with form work in the background. View is from a high elevation under the roof looking northwest.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection
Photo depicts a general view of the upper powerhouse excavation, looking toward the north end. Seen is the concrete elevator tower coming up from the lower powerhouse. Also, form work for concrete haunches is getting underway at the far end.
Photo depicts a general view of the upper powerhouse excavation, looking toward the north end. Seen is the concrete elevator tower coming up from the lower powerhouse. Also, form work for concrete haunches is getting underway at the far end.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-466. Alcan Collection
