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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers going up the mountain on the 20-ton tramway.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
49
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers going up the mountain on the 20-ton tramway.
Notes
This tramway carried men and cargo from Kemano Camp 5 to the camps at the 1600' and 2600' elevations.Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.81
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

Aerial view of caisson construction in the graving dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description147
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 01, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the three caissons in their graving dock nearing completion.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
141
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 01, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the three caissons in their graving dock nearing completion.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-323. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.191
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Aerial view of Kenney Dam

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960?
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kenney Dam showing the original construction road system and camp area.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960?
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kenney Dam showing the original construction road system and camp area.
Notes
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Subject Access
Dams
Construction
Aerial
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 13, 1962
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kitimat, seen is land cleared for Neighbourhood "D" and the Whitesail neighbourhood under construction, right foreground. The Alcan smelter and channel are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
173
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Max Patzelt.
Date Range
June 13, 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kitimat, seen is land cleared for Neighbourhood "D" and the Whitesail neighbourhood under construction, right foreground. The Alcan smelter and channel are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Max Patzelt Collection - 1998.1.8351
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Aerial view of powerhouse switchyard and entrance

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the powerhouse switchyard and entrance up to the 1600' level. The wide clearing on the right is the tram right-of-way. The powerhouse tailrace tunnel and channel and the access tunnel portal are in the centre, and the construction camp is on the left. Alcan Collection
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
85
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
July 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the powerhouse switchyard and entrance up to the 1600' level. The wide clearing on the right is the tram right-of-way. The powerhouse tailrace tunnel and channel and the access tunnel portal are in the centre, and the construction camp is on the left. Alcan Collection
Notes
Alcan ID No. KPO-666.
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

Anderson Creek Bowling Alley construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description191
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 04, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Anderson Creek Bowling Alley under construction.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
185
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 04, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Anderson Creek Bowling Alley under construction.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Construction
Images

Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Pat Jimenez Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images

Barges unloading housing materials

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description171
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 30, 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
165
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 30, 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1061. Alcan Collection 78.11.89
Subject Access
Towns
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

Bill Frahler's truck and family

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description176
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Electrician Bill Frahler's family standing beside his truck. Johnson-Crooks houses under construction in Nechako Neighbourhood are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Item Number
170
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Bill Frahler
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Electrician Bill Frahler's family standing beside his truck. Johnson-Crooks houses under construction in Nechako Neighbourhood are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- "Alva and the Boys", Slide No. 95 -- Bill Frahler wired over 2,000 temporary construction and permanent homes between 1954 and 1958, first working for Johnson-Crooks and then Straits Construction. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
Name Access
Frahler, Bill
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Caisson Construction for Alcan dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description146
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 30, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of caisson construction in their graving dock. The view is looking north at the timber bulkheads being installed.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
140
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 30, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of caisson construction in their graving dock. The view is looking north at the timber bulkheads being installed.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-342. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.203
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Caisson launching operation group

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description148
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 15, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a group of men concerned with the caisson dock construction. From left is Messrs., Cam Jenkinson, George Malby, McCallum, Hal Whiting, J. B. Whitton, S. T. Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Dick Hermann. View is of three floating caissons that were being towed into position for sinking, creating the smelter dock.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
142
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 15, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a group of men concerned with the caisson dock construction. From left is Messrs., Cam Jenkinson, George Malby, McCallum, Hal Whiting, J. B. Whitton, S. T. Wynne-Jones, Van Houten and Dick Hermann. View is of three floating caissons that were being towed into position for sinking, creating the smelter dock.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-362. -- Messrs. Jenkinson, Wynne-Jones, and Hermann all work for Alcan Engineering under the Resident Engineer George Malby. Messrs. J.B. Whitton and Van Houten work for the consulting firm of Frederick R. Harris & Co. of New York, N.Y. Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.212
Name Access
Hermann, Dick
Jenkinson, Cam
Malby, George
McCallum, Mr.
Van Houten, Mr.
Whiting, Hal
Whitton, J. B.
Wynne-Jones, Mr.
Subject Access
Smeltersite
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings in Camp No. 11, constructed on raised platforms and connected by elevated boardwalks in anticipation of the snow.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
120
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings in Camp No. 11, constructed on raised platforms and connected by elevated boardwalks in anticipation of the snow.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Fritz Wurster was Kemano's Ingot photographer. Alcan Collection 2002.32
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harverster Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.82
Subject Access
Camps
Transmission line
Construction
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two buildings at Camp No. 11 constructed on raised platforms in anticipation of the snow.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
119
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two buildings at Camp No. 11 constructed on raised platforms in anticipation of the snow.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Fritz Wurster was Kemano's Ingot photographer. Fritz Wurster Collection 2002.32
Subject Access
Transmission line
Storage Location
Album
Images

Carl Agar and Bill McLeod with Sikorsky helicopter

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Carl Agar looking up at Bill McLeod who is piloting a Sikorsky helicopter.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Carl Agar looking up at Bill McLeod who is piloting a Sikorsky helicopter.
Notes
Fourteen Sikorsky S-55 helicopters were used as workhorses and load carriers during construction. Carl Agar and his crew with Okanagan Helicopters took men and materials to otherwise inaccessible spots. Without these helicopters, Project engineers would never have maintained the construction schedule. Photographed by Art Hundert. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Name Access
Agar, Carl
McLeod, Bill
Subject Access
Okanagan Helicopters
Images

City Centre Construction

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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[6 April 1973]
Accession Number
1998.1.6320
Scope and Content
Construction happening at city centre with a huge hole beside the Bank of Commerce. There is also a lot of construction equipment. The area in front of City Centre mall is boarded off and out of limits. City Centre Mall expansion construction.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.6320
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
[6 April 1973]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.4 x 12.6 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 9.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Construction happening at city centre with a huge hole beside the Bank of Commerce. There is also a lot of construction equipment. The area in front of City Centre mall is boarded off and out of limits. City Centre Mall expansion construction.
Subject Access
commerce
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the newly constructed dock, Terminal Wharf No. 1. View looking south-west from a point on the graving dock. Hydraulic fill dredge pipeline in the foreground running along at water level.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
143
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the newly constructed dock, Terminal Wharf No. 1. View looking south-west from a point on the graving dock. Hydraulic fill dredge pipeline in the foreground running along at water level.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-846. -- Note progress of conveyor gallery steel, kangaroo crane and pneumatic unloading equipment. Alcan Collection 78.11.68
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Construction - Paving - Heritage Files

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
24 May 1956
Accession Number
2005.8.960
Scope and Content
Photo showing paving (probably Osprey, Oriole Streets).
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
Photographer: Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.960
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Mike Kinnear
Date Range
24 May 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 4"
Custodial History
#2 Northern Sentinel: Box #2: Heritage - Construction - Paving
Scope and Content
Photo showing paving (probably Osprey, Oriole Streets).
Notes
P00178 on Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Subject Access
Construction
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Construction of Highway 25

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description8966
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.8.695
Scope and Content
Photo showing the "Big Boss" of B.C Highways Hon. Phil Gaglardi (foreground at right) surveying the construction work being done on the highway. Bulldozer in middleground and tractor in background. -Construction of Hwy 25 -Opened 28 November 1957
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
NSP
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.695
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
NSP
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7.5" x 5.5"
Custodial History
NSP 1970: Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing the "Big Boss" of B.C Highways Hon. Phil Gaglardi (foreground at right) surveying the construction work being done on the highway. Bulldozer in middleground and tractor in background. -Construction of Hwy 25 -Opened 28 November 1957
Notes
No. P00232 on Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Name Access
Gaglardi, Phillip A.
Subject Access
NSP 1970: Construction of Hwy 25
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

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