Photo showing Columbia Bridge is coming down and will be out of service for about another month according to the municipal engineering department. The old stringers are to be removed Friday and following that the main culvert will be installed and the cavity filled and eventually paved. Kuldo Bridge is to get the same treatment once Columbia is back in use.
Current: 1960s
-District of Kitimat
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Photo showing Columbia Bridge is coming down and will be out of service for about another month according to the municipal engineering department. The old stringers are to be removed Friday and following that the main culvert will be installed and the cavity filled and eventually paved. Kuldo Bridge is to get the same treatment once Columbia is back in use.
Photo showing presentation ceremony preceding last night's council meeting; Silver Shovel award. Reeve Sam Lindsay, Warren Banks (recipient), Vincent Campbell.
Photo showing presentation ceremony preceding last night's council meeting; Silver Shovel award. Reeve Sam Lindsay, Warren Banks (recipient), Vincent Campbell.
Photo showing Reeve Wilbur Hallman signing the Golden Book at Montreal's City Hall. L/R Mrs. P.W. Hallman, Reeve Wilbur Hallman, Montreal's Mayor Jean Drapeau.
Photo showing Reeve Wilbur Hallman signing the Golden Book at Montreal's City Hall. L/R Mrs. P.W. Hallman, Reeve Wilbur Hallman, Montreal's Mayor Jean Drapeau.
Photo showing District of Kitimat 'A Welcome to Kitimat'. L/R Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager, James Dudley, Alcan Real Estate Development, Manager, J. Everett Brown, Housing Commissioner and Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs.
Photo showing District of Kitimat 'A Welcome to Kitimat'. L/R Cyril Henderson, Municipal Manager, James Dudley, Alcan Real Estate Development, Manager, J. Everett Brown, Housing Commissioner and Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs.
Photograph of Tom Phillips handing Sam Lindsay a letter than contains news that Samuel Williams (B.C) Ltd intends to develope Kitimat into a complete port.
Photograph of Tom Phillips handing Sam Lindsay a letter than contains news that Samuel Williams (B.C) Ltd intends to develope Kitimat into a complete port.
Photograph of District workers fixing the Columbia street bridge after a stringer fell, rotten ; "2" is one of the regular posts ; "3" shows the supports installed to further support.
Photograph of District workers fixing the Columbia street bridge after a stringer fell, rotten ; "2" is one of the regular posts ; "3" shows the supports installed to further support.
Photograph of a shattered and rotten log beneath the Columbia street bridge ; "bents" or auxilary supports have been installed under the bearing of every stringer.
Photograph of a shattered and rotten log beneath the Columbia street bridge ; "bents" or auxilary supports have been installed under the bearing of every stringer.