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Title

Workman loads alumina into pots with the use of a crane on Soderberg pots at the Arvida Aluminum Company of Canada.

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Item (linked) part of

National Film Board of Canada. Still Photography Division [graphic material] (R1196-14-7-E)

Bilingual equivalent

À l'usine Alcan Aluminium Limitée d'Arvida, un ouvrier remplit d'alumine des cuves Soderberg au moyen d'un pont roulant

Date(s)

Jan. 1943

Place

Arvida, Quebec

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 photograph
Negative Film B/W - cellulose nitrate

Language of material

English

Conditions of access

Graphic (photo)

90: Open
nil

Item no. (creator)

WRM 2869

Other accession no.

1971-271 NPC

Terms of use

Credit: Ronny Jaques / National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada /
Restrictions on use: nil
Copyright: Expired

Additional name(s)

Photographer: Jaques, Ronny, 1910-2008.

Additional information

Series title

WRM

Signatures and inscriptions

"Loading alumina into pots with crane on Soderberg pots. The alumina powder feeds down into the 'bath' where electric current frees aluminum in liquid form to be drawn off at intervals. These pots never grow cold. If they do, it takes days to get them started again."

Source

Government

Other system control no.

DAPDCAP564127

MIKAN no.

3196511