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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 14, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners on the jumbo, holding drills used to drill holes for dowels for support of skid rails in raise.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
58
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
July 14, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners on the jumbo, holding drills used to drill holes for dowels for support of skid rails in raise.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 5793. -- Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production in 1954 with Penstock No. 1. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Swing shift at Camp No. 2600

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 22, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the swing shift at Camp No. 2600 prior to lowering the first liner down upper raise penstock No. 2.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
59
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 22, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the swing shift at Camp No. 2600 prior to lowering the first liner down upper raise penstock No. 2.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 5793. -- Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production in 1954 with Penstock No. 1. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Penstock No. 2 unlined rock tunnel

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 06, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the unlined rock tunnel of horizontal penstock No. 2 at Elevation 210'. View is looking at platform at base of 48 degree inclined raise to 1685' Elevation.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
60
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 06, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the unlined rock tunnel of horizontal penstock No. 2 at Elevation 210'. View is looking at platform at base of 48 degree inclined raise to 1685' Elevation.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 2KR-10. -- Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production in 1954 with Penstock No. 1. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Prepakt aggregate conveyor

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 29, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Prepakt aggregate conveyor in foreground during operations at elbow (seen in distance), Elevation 210'. View is looking upstream along No. 2 penstock.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
61
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 29, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Prepakt aggregate conveyor in foreground during operations at elbow (seen in distance), Elevation 210'. View is looking upstream along No. 2 penstock.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 5793. -- Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production in 1954 with Penstock No. 1. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Tramway carrying liner for penstock No. 2

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 01, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker watching as a 19-ton horizontal penstock liner is transported on an aerial tramway from Camp No. 5 to Camp No. 1600.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
63
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 01, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker watching as a 19-ton horizontal penstock liner is transported on an aerial tramway from Camp No. 5 to Camp No. 1600.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 2KR-81. -- This liner was the first and largest of the penstock liners. -- Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production in 1954 with Penstock No. 1. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 22, 1952
Scope and Content
Forms for transition section at the intake. Most or all of these forms will be discarded due to recent revisions in the Intake Design.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
42
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 22, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Forms for transition section at the intake. Most or all of these forms will be discarded due to recent revisions in the Intake Design.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-664. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1980
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the interior of the powerhouse showing generators.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
84
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Montreal
Date Range
ca. 1980
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the interior of the powerhouse showing generators.
Notes
Alcan Montreal ID No. ACM-43364C. -- Title based on content of photograph. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27.4
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

West Tahtsa Lake camp and intake

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
27
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4" x 3"
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images

West Tahtsa Lake tent camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
28
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-26. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images

Horetzky Camp quonset hut construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description38
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Description Level
Item
Item Number
32
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
33
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Notes
Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.71
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Truck on Horetzky Valley Road

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
Item Number
34
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company had several roads such as this one, constructed to get workers and equipment to the various work sites for tunnel construction. 985.65.80
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 16, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the upper Kemano Valley, Twin Peaks and the Pass as seen overlooking the muck dump area and shop on the 2600' level at the Kemano end of the main power tunnel No. 1 looking North.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
50
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 16, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the upper Kemano Valley, Twin Peaks and the Pass as seen overlooking the muck dump area and shop on the 2600' level at the Kemano end of the main power tunnel No. 1 looking North.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-861. -- Photo taken from the bunkhouse area. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images

New stairway at Camp No. 2600

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 17, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the new stairway leading up a bank to crew quarters at Camp No. 2600.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
62
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 17, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the new stairway leading up a bank to crew quarters at Camp No. 2600.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 5793. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Truck on Horetzky Valley Road

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28714
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
34
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company had several roads such as this one, constructed to get workers and equipment to the various work sites for tunnel construction. 985.65.80
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Roof bolting in the powerhouse

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 30, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners roof bolting along the east side of the powerhouse roof excavation, opposite roof arch Section No. 5.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
71
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 30, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners roof bolting along the east side of the powerhouse roof excavation, opposite roof arch Section No. 5.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-639. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

Upper powerhouse excavation

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 24, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of the upper powerhouse excavation, looking toward the north end. Seen is the concrete elevator tower coming up from the lower powerhouse. Also, form work for concrete haunches is getting underway at the far end.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
72
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 24, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of the upper powerhouse excavation, looking toward the north end. Seen is the concrete elevator tower coming up from the lower powerhouse. Also, form work for concrete haunches is getting underway at the far end.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-466. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

Pouring concrete for powerhouse

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 14, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners pouring the permanent crane rail beam along the upstream wall of the powerhouse's A-line. Seen is the special hopper mounted on one of the construction cranes.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
78
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 14, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts miners pouring the permanent crane rail beam along the upstream wall of the powerhouse's A-line. Seen is the special hopper mounted on one of the construction cranes.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1144. -- The special hopper is filled by the concrete pump mounted at the inner end of the access tunnel. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

Supply Junker at West Tahtsa Lake Camp

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 26, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
30
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
January 26, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-128. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Airplanes
Camps
Images

Beam and column construction in the powerhouse

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 23, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the extent of scaffolding for the beam and column construction along the upstream wall or "A-line". View is looking north from the inner end of the access tunnel.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
76
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 23, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the extent of scaffolding for the beam and column construction along the upstream wall or "A-line". View is looking north from the inner end of the access tunnel.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1160. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

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