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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
33
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Notes
Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.71
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Truck on Horetzky Valley Road

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
Item Number
34
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company had several roads such as this one, constructed to get workers and equipment to the various work sites for tunnel construction. 985.65.80
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Truck on Horetzky Valley Road

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
34
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company had several roads such as this one, constructed to get workers and equipment to the various work sites for tunnel construction. 985.65.80
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

West Tahtsa Lake tent camp

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
28
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-26. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images

Horetzky Camp quonset hut construction

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Description Level
Item
Item Number
32
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

West Tahtsa Lake camp and intake

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
27
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4" x 3"
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images

Hard Hats vs. The Wilderness on the Alcan Project

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Illustration depicts a map of the Alcan project area, reaching from Prince Rupert to Kenney Dam. Seen is the transmission line, Kemano power plant and the lakes of the region.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 illustration : b&w : col. annotations
Custodial History
From photo album in the Fritz Wurster Collection.
Scope and Content
Illustration depicts a map of the Alcan project area, reaching from Prince Rupert to Kenney Dam. Seen is the transmission line, Kemano power plant and the lakes of the region.
Notes
Clipping origin unknown. Fritz Wurster Collection. 2002.32
Images

Alcan Project humorous reprieve certificate

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Scope and Content
Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Physical Description
1 digital image : col.
Scope and Content
Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.
Notes
Title based on contents of text. Ernie Archer Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a International diesel TD-24 spreading a layer of large stones at the base of the Nechako Dam.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
18
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a International diesel TD-24 spreading a layer of large stones at the base of the Nechako Dam.
Notes
ID no. C 5927. -- Title based on content of photo. -- These layers of various size rock stone and clay will all slope towards the rock fill at about a 45 degree pitch. Official naming ceremony renamed dam the Kenney Dam. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.56
Subject Access
Dams
Images

Powerhouse incline diagram

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Diagram depicts penstock number 1 and 2 showing elevations.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
57
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 plan : blueline
Scope and Content
Diagram depicts penstock number 1 and 2 showing elevations.
Notes
Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production with Penstock No. 1. -- Tunnel No. 2 with penstocks No. 3 & 4 was the Kemano Completion Project which was cancelled in 1991. Morrison-Knudsen Company Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Storage Location
Box 23
Images

Supply Junker at West Tahtsa Lake Camp

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 26, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
30
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
January 26, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-128. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Airplanes
Camps
Images

Mucking penstock with loader

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description42
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 31, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men mucking in No. 2 penstock using an overhead loader.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
36
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 31, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men mucking in No. 2 penstock using an overhead loader.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-236. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Worker using diamond drill

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description43
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 31, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an unidentified worker using a diamond drill set-up in Slot No. 1.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
37
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 31, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an unidentified worker using a diamond drill set-up in Slot No. 1.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-238. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 28, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers mucking at the face inside the tunnel at Station 28 plus 75 at West Tahtsa.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
39
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 28, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers mucking at the face inside the tunnel at Station 28 plus 75 at West Tahtsa.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-354. -- The heavy timbering seen lining the tunnel prevented loose rock from falling on miners' heads. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a unidentified man sitting on the Nechako River bank watching the the activities of construction of the dam at the canyon. Right bank stripping and left bank tunnel haul road shown.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
15
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a unidentified man sitting on the Nechako River bank watching the the activities of construction of the dam at the canyon. Right bank stripping and left bank tunnel haul road shown.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- A rock dam was chosen for its ability to withstand earthquakes. Morrison-Knudsen Company Collection
Subject Access
Dams
Construction
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 25, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers from the afternoon shift exiting the Horetzky adit.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
41
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 25, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers from the afternoon shift exiting the Horetzky adit.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-396. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Kenney Dam Construction

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kenney Dam during its construction.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kenney Dam during its construction.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. A rock dam was chosen for its ability to withstand earthquakes. District of Kitimat Collection Accession no. 987.10.2
Subject Access
Construction
Dams
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 22, 1952
Scope and Content
Forms for transition section at the intake. Most or all of these forms will be discarded due to recent revisions in the Intake Design.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
42
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 22, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Forms for transition section at the intake. Most or all of these forms will be discarded due to recent revisions in the Intake Design.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-664. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

West Tastsa Lake School

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 24, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts students sitting at their desks in class at West Tahtsa Lake School. Smaller students join the teacher at the chalkboard. A cat beside them is peering out the window.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
29
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 24, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts students sitting at their desks in class at West Tahtsa Lake School. Smaller students join the teacher at the chalkboard. A cat beside them is peering out the window.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
School Buildings
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 24, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers drilling off another round at the tunnel face.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
40
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 24, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers drilling off another round at the tunnel face.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-676. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

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