Photograph of the Sandhill aggregate operation. A one-story building with a steep roof, to right of sandhill. Piles of aggregate in fron of building. Glimpses of conveyor system inside building. Operated by Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd.
Photograph of the Sandhill aggregate operation. A one-story building with a steep roof, to right of sandhill. Piles of aggregate in fron of building. Glimpses of conveyor system inside building. Operated by Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd.
Photograph of the Sandhill aggregate operation. Sandhill in background, conveyor system from a shed in the base of the sandhill to a crusher. Operated by Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd.
Photograph of the Sandhill aggregate operation. Sandhill in background, conveyor system from a shed in the base of the sandhill to a crusher. Operated by Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd.
Photograph of Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd. cement truck parked to the right of a building. Kitimat Concrete Products ran an aggragate and concrete business at the Sandhill.
Photograph of Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd. cement truck parked to the right of a building. Kitimat Concrete Products ran an aggragate and concrete business at the Sandhill.
Photograph of the Sandhill aggregate operation. Sandhill in background, conveyor system from a shed in the base of the sandhill to a crusher. Operated by Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd.
Photograph of the Sandhill aggregate operation. Sandhill in background, conveyor system from a shed in the base of the sandhill to a crusher. Operated by Kitimat Concrete Products Ltd.
Photograph of asphalt paving being placed on the Service Centre road between the Public Works building and the railway. Seven men visible working. Sandhill in background on the right.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of asphalt paving being placed on the Service Centre road between the Public Works building and the railway. Seven men visible working. Sandhill in background on the right.
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
Photographs taken by Glyn Jenkins, who worked for Alcan Aluminum Smelter Ltd. in 1952. He returned to Vancouver to continue his education and continued to work in the Steel Fabrication industry until he retired in 1985. He married Charlene Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins died in 2005.
Custodial History
Charlene Jenkins
Scope and Content
Photographs of construction, scenery, housing, and fishing at the Smeltersite, 1952.
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 at the Kitimat sandhill gravel pit.
