Photo showing Potrooms 2c looking northeast, excavation on foreground for main air duct between clumn lines 6 and 7, forms for potroom footing on line M behind southeast corner of Service Building in left background, note vertical cut in compacted backfill.
Photo showing Potrooms 2c looking northeast, excavation on foreground for main air duct between clumn lines 6 and 7, forms for potroom footing on line M behind southeast corner of Service Building in left background, note vertical cut in compacted backfill.
Photograph showing coke calcining area looking south. Note completed Kiln piers in background and buildings 509 and 510 foundation work in progress in foreground.
Photograph showing coke calcining area looking south. Note completed Kiln piers in background and buildings 509 and 510 foundation work in progress in foreground.
Looking south on Service Building area. Steel mat for bottom slab Transformer repair pit in foreground. Footings on Columb Lines D to M middleground; pre-cast yard extreme right backyard.
Looking south on Service Building area. Steel mat for bottom slab Transformer repair pit in foreground. Footings on Columb Lines D to M middleground; pre-cast yard extreme right backyard.
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 looking west along south edge of neighbourhood A townsite of Kitimat.
Photograph of Smelter Pot Lines. Back of photograph reads: "The buildings in the background are the 'pot lines'. Thes pictures were taken 4 months ago so everything has changed since then. The 'cat' in the centre is pulling a 50 ton roller.
Photograph taken by Dave Geddes, Bank of Montreal, and given to Sylvia Anderson
Scope and Content
Photograph of Smelter Pot Lines. Back of photograph reads: "The buildings in the background are the 'pot lines'. Thes pictures were taken 4 months ago so everything has changed since then. The 'cat' in the centre is pulling a 50 ton roller.
8 photos of Alcan Engineering. 1) Looking East From Centre Passageway Bldg 7B 2) Completed Roof Fan Walking on Potroom 8B West 3) Looking West in Potroom 8B West from Column Line 12 4) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 5) General View of Progress of Work in Potline 8A East 6) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 7) Looking East from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A 8) Looking West from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A
8 photos of Alcan Engineering. 1) Looking East From Centre Passageway Bldg 7B 2) Completed Roof Fan Walking on Potroom 8B West 3) Looking West in Potroom 8B West from Column Line 12 4) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 5) General View of Progress of Work in Potline 8A East 6) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 7) Looking East from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A 8) Looking West from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A
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.
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 of west end of potlines 1 and 2 from service building.
Photo depicts Sam Hanna directing a crane operator in hoisting a crucible filled with molten aluminum on a potline.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears in "The Story of British Columbia", The Story of Canada Series, 1966. Alcan Collection
