View looking northwest of pile driving operations for timber bridge across Road "N" in Neighbourhood "C". Note Townsite Contractors lumber storage yard in background.
View looking northwest of pile driving operations for timber bridge across Road "N" in Neighbourhood "C". Note Townsite Contractors lumber storage yard in background.
Photograph of aerial view looking west toward potline group B. Note sewer installed on cast side of terminal railway opposite potroom 8B. Storage area in foreground.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking west toward potline group B. Note sewer installed on cast side of terminal railway opposite potroom 8B. Storage area in foreground.
Photograph of aerial view looking west along Anderson Creek. Note very low flow in creek. Precast yard at left and construction shops at right. At centre is bridge across creek.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking west along Anderson Creek. Note very low flow in creek. Precast yard at left and construction shops at right. At centre is bridge across creek.
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 material for the Haisla Bridge at the bridge site.