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 south at temporary Kitimat wharf.
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 SE along powerline slash from mountian above Morrison-Knutsen camp.
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 looking through logs along shore of Douglas Channel. On the channel, a boat is visible. Forest in background. Image has a pink tint.
Photograph of West Coast Terminals LTD. Built in 1958 for public warehouse facilities. View shows garage doors with trucks backed into them. Lots of snow on ground. Forest in background.
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 West Coast Terminals LTD. Built in 1958 for public warehouse facilities. View shows garage doors with trucks backed into them. Lots of snow on ground. Forest in background.
Notes
Back of photo is stamped by Fred Ryan LTD. Box 1007, M.P.O. Kitimat, B.C.
Included with photo is an article, "First Public Warehouse Opens Here", Monday, February 10, 1958.
Photograph of left in the background the sandhill operation of the other side of the Kitimat River. The road along the flats to the construction of the smelter.
Photograph of left in the background the sandhill operation of the other side of the Kitimat River. The road along the flats to the construction of the smelter.
Photograph of Potline 2 looking south west from roof of the forge shop. Note purlin clips welded for roof deck. Column forms in place. Concrete being poured for top lift air duct entrance Potroom 2B. Rectified building #102 at right.
Photograph of Potline 2 looking south west from roof of the forge shop. Note purlin clips welded for roof deck. Column forms in place. Concrete being poured for top lift air duct entrance Potroom 2B. Rectified building #102 at right.
