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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers going up the mountain on the 20-ton tramway.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
49
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers going up the mountain on the 20-ton tramway.
Notes
This tramway carried men and cargo from Kemano Camp 5 to the camps at the 1600' and 2600' elevations.Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.81
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Aerial view of Kemano townsite

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
101
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27 KMA website collection P00101.jpg
Subject Access
Camps
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
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 29, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the aggregate stockpile at Horetzky, being built up to a total of 120,000 cubic yards for the power tunnel lining. View is looking south from the top of the batch plant.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
54
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 29, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the aggregate stockpile at Horetzky, being built up to a total of 120,000 cubic yards for the power tunnel lining. View is looking south from the top of the batch plant.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1403. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Anderson Hill Camp buildings

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
999.4.4
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings at Anderson Hill Camp. Trailers and wash houses are in the foreground. The men's bunkhouses of Anderson Creek Camp are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
214
Accession Number
999.4.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings at Anderson Hill Camp. Trailers and wash houses are in the foreground. The men's bunkhouses of Anderson Creek Camp are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. John Manders Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harverster Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.82
Subject Access
Camps
Transmission line
Construction
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
2002.32.17
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Camp No. 5 in Kemano with quonset hut crew quarters.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
91
Accession Number
2002.32.17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Camp No. 5 in Kemano with quonset hut crew quarters.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fritz Wurster Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Camp No. 5 mess hall interior

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 10, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men gathered inside the mess hall at Camp. No. 5, Kemano for the 6:30 p.m sitting.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
97
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 10, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men gathered inside the mess hall at Camp. No. 5, Kemano for the 6:30 p.m sitting.
Notes
Alcan ID No. KR-417. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1953
Accession Number
73.3.4.1
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Campbell-Bennett Camp in the foreground, with the C.N.R. grade looking north from the sandhill.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
211
Accession Number
73.3.4.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Campbell-Bennett Camp in the foreground, with the C.N.R. grade looking north from the sandhill.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Negative No. 25284. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 01, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men inside the underground drill doctor's shop.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
38
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 01, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men inside the underground drill doctor's shop.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1304. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
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

Drilling on skip jumbo

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 16, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners drilling on the skip jumbo in the No. 1 penstock 900' below the 2600' level.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
47
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 16, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners drilling on the skip jumbo in the No. 1 penstock 900' below the 2600' level.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-935. -- The heading was slashed to a full 15' diameter. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a barge loaded with muck dredged from the wharf area. The International TD-9 dozer boat on the barge was there to push loads off as the barge was moved along.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
135
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
International Harvester Company
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a barge loaded with muck dredged from the wharf area. The International TD-9 dozer boat on the barge was there to push loads off as the barge was moved along.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- International Harvester Company ID No. C 6039. International Harvester Company manufacturerd construction equipment purchased for the Project. -- Dredging at the wharf area provided sufficient water space for large ships to dock. Muck was dumped onto these barges by the clamshell bucket and towed out to deep water. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.123
Subject Access
Smelters
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of East Tahtsa camp, end of the road from Burns Lake.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
22
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of East Tahtsa camp, end of the road from Burns Lake.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- Alcan no. KR-880. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Enlarging the valve chamber

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 26, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers inside the tunnel, enlarging the valve chamber for the No. 1 penstock on the 2600' level.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
43
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
January 26, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers inside the tunnel, enlarging the valve chamber for the No. 1 penstock on the 2600' level.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-712. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

A general view showing a section of Kemano

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 20, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village".
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
93
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 20, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village".
Notes
Alcan ID No. KR-341. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Give them both barrels sign

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 19, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker looking up at a sign above the entrance to the recreation hall that reads, "Tunnel target, give them both barrels Tahtsa." The sign was a target date for the two ends of the tunnel to meet September 1st.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
45
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 19, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker looking up at a sign above the entrance to the recreation hall that reads, "Tunnel target, give them both barrels Tahtsa." The sign was a target date for the two ends of the tunnel to meet September 1st.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-798. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Glen Bates checks gauge

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 08, 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Glen Bates, Mechanical Installation Superintendent, Morrison-Knudsen Company, as he checks a gauge registering 1,850 pounds per square inch during pressure testing of Unit No. 6 scrollcase. Mr. Bates is wearing a hardhat with the M.K. logo on it. Alcan Collection
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
89
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 08, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Glen Bates, Mechanical Installation Superintendent, Morrison-Knudsen Company, as he checks a gauge registering 1,850 pounds per square inch during pressure testing of Unit No. 6 scrollcase. Mr. Bates is wearing a hardhat with the M.K. logo on it. Alcan Collection
Name Access
Bates, Glen
Subject Access
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Camps
Images

Hangar & helicopter West Tahtsa

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 17, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter outside a hangar at West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Men are gathered around a smaller helicopter to the left of the hangar.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
31
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 17, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter outside a hangar at West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Men are gathered around a smaller helicopter to the left of the hangar.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-788. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Okanagan Helicopters
Camps
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

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