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Boilerhouse construction

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
11 Dec 1952
Accession Number
985.65.130
Scope and Content
View looking South-east of temporary boilerhouse construction on Smelter Site, with Pot line 2 2 footings behind, Note portable enclosures.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.130
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
11 Dec 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 21.3 cm
Scope and Content
View looking South-east of temporary boilerhouse construction on Smelter Site, with Pot line 2 2 footings behind, Note portable enclosures.
Notes
BC-2-263
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Preparations for Construction of Smeltersite Bunkhouses

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
78.11.9
Scope and Content
North Camp site - clearing well advance and material being received, looking north east.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.9
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
North Camp site - clearing well advance and material being received, looking north east.
Notes
BC-2-33 (ACM-22541)
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Smelter site Looking East.

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 Aug 1952
Accession Number
985.65.122
Scope and Content
Smelther site looking east. Service Building area in middleground with pre-cast wall panels in place. Pre-cast concrete yard in foreground.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.122
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 Aug 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Smelther site looking east. Service Building area in middleground with pre-cast wall panels in place. Pre-cast concrete yard in foreground.
Notes
BC-2-184
Subject Access
Smelter
Construction
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Booster Pumps After Fire

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Part Of
Stewart Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Jan 1954
Accession Number
982.52.13
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Booster Pumps After Fire
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Part Of
Stewart Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
982.52.13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Jan 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Booster Pumps After Fire
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Alcan Sawmill

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
78.11.8
Scope and Content
Sawmill and burner, looking north-east towards smelter and town sites.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.8
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 20.5 cm 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 12.6 cm 2 photographs : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.8 cm
Scope and Content
Sawmill and burner, looking north-east towards smelter and town sites.
Notes
BC-2-31
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Sawmill
Structure
Aerial
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Smeltersite Bunkhouses and Cafeteria

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
78.11.11
Scope and Content
North Camp, bunkhouses Nos. 1, 2 and 5 nearing completion; cafeteria foundations poured.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 21.6 cm
Scope and Content
North Camp, bunkhouses Nos. 1, 2 and 5 nearing completion; cafeteria foundations poured.
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Structures
Temporary
Residential
Bunkhouses
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Machine shop site, clearing

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
78.11.7
Scope and Content
Clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 28.1 x 20.3 cm 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east.
Notes
BC-2-28
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Clearing Operation
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Photos of Kitimat in the 1950s

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36391
Part Of
Nancy Anne Hickinbottom fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Accession Number
2014.13
Scope and Content
Series contains 38 photographs (37 b&w; 1 colour), mainly showing scenery and buildings around Kitimat in the early 1950s. Subjects depicted include: Hudson's Bay store steps, Mount Elizabeth, power lines, Kemano near Kildala Pass, a baby girl (presumably Nancy Anne Marciniak), bunkhouses, construction machines, buildings under construction, smeltersite, highways, early neighborhoods, Kitamaat Village, and the Kitimat River.
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Part Of
Nancy Anne Hickinbottom fonds
Description Level
Series
Item Number Range
2014.13.1 - 2014.13.38
Accession Number
2014.13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Physical Description
37 photographs : b&w
1 photograph : colour
History / Biographical
Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak lived and worked in Kitimat in the 1950s. Their daughter, Nancy Anne, was born here in 1957.
Custodial History
Items were donated by Nancy Hickinbottom (nee Marciniak) to the Kitimat Museum & Archives in November 2014.
Scope and Content
Series contains 38 photographs (37 b&w; 1 colour), mainly showing scenery and buildings around Kitimat in the early 1950s. Subjects depicted include: Hudson's Bay store steps, Mount Elizabeth, power lines, Kemano near Kildala Pass, a baby girl (presumably Nancy Anne Marciniak), bunkhouses, construction machines, buildings under construction, smeltersite, highways, early neighborhoods, Kitamaat Village, and the Kitimat River.
Geographic Access
Kitimat, B.C.
Kemano
Kitamaat Village
Smelter site
Smeltersite
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Smelter Site looking East

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29677
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
20 Aug 1953
Accession Number
985.65.293
Scope and Content
Smelter Site looking east from above sawmill. Note construction of Cedar Storage Shed in right foreground.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.293
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
20 Aug 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28.2 x 21.2 cm
Scope and Content
Smelter Site looking east from above sawmill. Note construction of Cedar Storage Shed in right foreground.
Notes
BC-2-477
Subject Access
Sawmill
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Aerial View of Alcan Smelter

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Part Of
Rough Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
986.21.14
Scope and Content
Photo showing the aerial view of the construction of the Alcan Project including the channel, and highway.
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Part Of
Rough Collection
Creator
Florence Rough
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
986.21.14
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 7.3 cm 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing the aerial view of the construction of the Alcan Project including the channel, and highway.
Subject Access
Smelter
Smeltersite
Aerial
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Geographic Access
Alcan Smelter
Smelter site
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