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Loading Station
2000.1.1.3.17.005 · Item · 1962
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts a man in work clothes and hard hat standing with hands placed on the first of many tram buckets hanging in a line. Steel beam framework of station building rises above him. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "[F1?] LOADING STATION EL. 5800". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".

1961 - Dryer Burners
2000.1.1.3.19.026 · Item · 1961
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts the diesel-fired burners of the ore dryers. The large pipes and valves above were part of the fuel supply system fed by Cassiar's fuel tank farm which also supplied the power house generators. The dryer section of the mill received ore from the crushing plant by tramline and truck. These burners blasted the ore with hot air, and dried ore to desired moisture content before it was sent to the dry rock storage building and stored for mill use. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

1965 - Office Staff at Main Office
2000.1.1.3.19.075 · Item · 1965
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts group of twenty-four men standing on front steps of main office building. Handwritten annotations on recto of similar photograph: "OFFICE STEPS APPROX 1965 / TOP L-R / JULIEN ST. GEORGES / GEORGE TROWSDALE / HANS VELTMEYER / BOB LOVETT / KARL SHULTZ / LOTHAR TISCHLER / - "; "2ND / FRANK CLEMENTS [i.e Kliment?] / BILL PLUMB / HEWETT / - "; "3RD - / - / RENE PASIAUD / DICK [Stevens]"; "4TH / DOC NAVIN / VIC SARAKOSKI / - "; "5TH / CHARLIE GANDER / GORDON EDWARDS / AL FLANIGAN [i.e. Flanagan?] / ANDRE BEGUIN / CHARLIE BRONSON / JACK THORNICROFT". Information in above annotation supplemented with insight from individuals who contributed to Northern BC Archives Facebook Photo ID Project, contact archivist for more information in research file pertaining to this photograph.

Workplace Album - Palletizer
2000.1.1.3.19.207 · Item · [ca. 1980]
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts palletizer machinery, where bags of asbestos fibre were shrink-wrapped and made ready for shipping pallets. Palletizer was located near shipping (believed to be in mill building).

Irrigation Pipes
2012.13.1.50.074 · Item · [1978?]
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a pile of irrigation pipes on a dairy farm somewhere near Quesnel, B.C.

Machinery
2012.13.1.31.23 · Item · 1985
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a large, old piece of machinery, possibly some form of mining or prospecting equipment; it is located in Quesnelle Forks, B.C.

Evaporation Gauge (Atmometer)
2012.13.1.121.07 · Item · July 1970
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an atmometer. According to the slide, it is being used for measuring the rate of water evaporation "from carborundum stone." The location is uncertain.