Slide showing construction of transmission station for Alcan at smeltersite. One station tower is up, and another part is being moved in? A crane is lifting it, and men are standing below. Pile of dirt in foreground, and clear cut slope behind.
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 of transmission station for Alcan at smeltersite. One station tower is up, and another part is being moved in? A crane is lifting it, and men are standing below. Pile of dirt in foreground, and clear cut slope behind.
Slide showing transmission tower and arch building at smeltersite. Road and construction material visible in front of them, and other buildings behind to the left. Douglas channel visible in distance.
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 transmission tower and arch building at smeltersite. Road and construction material visible in front of them, and other buildings behind to the left. Douglas channel visible in distance.
Photograph of Alcan transmission line above Kemano River, Adam Charneski standing in foreground, wearing hard hat and a wicker basket back pack. Man is looking through binoculars.
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan transmission line above Kemano River, Adam Charneski standing in foreground, wearing hard hat and a wicker basket back pack. Man is looking through binoculars.
Photo showing substation number 2 looking north west showing assembly of rectifier towers, type R aluminum structures and type B2 structures in background.
Photo showing substation number 2 looking north west showing assembly of rectifier towers, type R aluminum structures and type B2 structures in background.
