Photo showing conveyor system at the Sandhill to the construction of the Smelter. Conveyor system going 24/7 supplying aggregate to foundation for the Alcan Smeter - 1950s
Photo showing conveyor system at the Sandhill to the construction of the Smelter. Conveyor system going 24/7 supplying aggregate to foundation for the Alcan Smeter - 1950s
Photograph of aerial view looking north at the plant site, with H.M.C.S. Sioux at the wharf. Tide elevation is approximately 2.5 feet, and the extent of the dredge cut in the harbour can be clearly seen.
Bill was one of the superintendents with Saguenay Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Joanna Gallacher
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking north at the plant site, with H.M.C.S. Sioux at the wharf. Tide elevation is approximately 2.5 feet, and the extent of the dredge cut in the harbour can be clearly seen.
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 conveyors and gravel pit at the Kitimat sandhill. Small house on left side. Kitimat River in foreground.
Photo showing view along sandhill road showing top layer of deteriorated asphalt removed with grader, bottom layer still in satisfactory condition, concrete plant in background.
Photo showing view along sandhill road showing top layer of deteriorated asphalt removed with grader, bottom layer still in satisfactory condition, concrete plant in background.