From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of generators inside powerhouse at Kemano. Viewed from ground level.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of generators inside the powerhouse at Kemano. Viewed from above.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of generators inside powerhouse at Kemano. Viewed from above. Note the Generators still under Construction.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker- vice president and general manager of aluminum Co. of Canada, and the H.R.H the duke of Edinburgh. The Dukes official guide in his informational tour of Kitimat works was A.W whitaker.
Photograph of A.W. Whitaker- vice president and general manager of aluminum Co. of Canada, and the H.R.H the duke of Edinburgh. The Dukes official guide in his informational tour of Kitimat works was A.W whitaker.
Photograph of with the outer housing of the turbine in place, work proceeds with the installation of generator 8 in Alcan's Kemano Powerhouse, which will increase cpacity from the present 784,000 kilowatts to close to 98,000 kilowatts (1,200,000 H.P). The instillation of Generator 8 is being carried out by Mattias & Nicol, general contractors of Vancouver B.C. Employees of Canadian Westinghouse are now on site and are erecting the generator. Work began early in February with completion date for September.
Photograph of with the outer housing of the turbine in place, work proceeds with the installation of generator 8 in Alcan's Kemano Powerhouse, which will increase cpacity from the present 784,000 kilowatts to close to 98,000 kilowatts (1,200,000 H.P). The instillation of Generator 8 is being carried out by Mattias & Nicol, general contractors of Vancouver B.C. Employees of Canadian Westinghouse are now on site and are erecting the generator. Work began early in February with completion date for September.
Photograph of the Kitimat Works of 1984 produces 268,000 tonnes of aluminum annually, employs 2,300 people, and has an annual payroll (including benefits) of more than $100 million.
Photograph of the Kitimat Works of 1984 produces 268,000 tonnes of aluminum annually, employs 2,300 people, and has an annual payroll (including benefits) of more than $100 million.
5 Tickets, 2 child, 1 teen, 2 Adult the front reads: "Kitimat Works 25th Anniversary Picnic Hospital Beach 10:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. August 4th & 5th 1979" the back reads "Bus Pass To be retained by ticket holder"
5 Tickets, 2 child, 1 teen, 2 Adult the front reads: "Kitimat Works 25th Anniversary Picnic Hospital Beach 10:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. August 4th & 5th 1979" the back reads "Bus Pass To be retained by ticket holder"
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.
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Slide of looking up Kemano Valley at construction camp for powerhouse.
