IMPERIAL OIL OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IP-14a-12533to 13899
IP-14a-12533-12568 Housewife with appliances use of gas/oil.
IP-14a-12579-12659 I.O.L. refinery at Montreal. November, 1957
IP-14a-12591 Automatic controls adjust and watch over the many processing operations of the modern refinery. The daily distillation of 2,500,000 gallons of crude oil in Imperial Oil’s refinery in Montreal east is directed from this room. November, 1957
IP-14a-12592 Montreal refinery- main A&V tower. November, 1957
IP-14a-12593-12596 Montreal refinery- A&V unit. November, 1957
IP-14a-12597 Montreal refinery- exterior of control room for A&V unit. November, 1957
IP-14a-12598-12602 Exterior of Control Room – Montreal refinery A&V unit & Cat. Poly. Unit. November, 1957
IP-14a-12603-12604 Montreal refinery- exterior of powerformer control room. November, 1957
IP-14a-12605 Montreal refinery- interior of powerformer control room. November, 1957
IP-14a-12606 Montreal refinery at night – control room of powerformer. November, 1957
IP-14a-12607 Brightly lit towers at Imperial Oil’s East refinery outline the costly Powerformer- a group of towers, heaters and reaction chambers in which hydrocarbon molecules are rearranged to produce the high octane gasoline needed by the high compression engines of modern automobiles. The catalyst used in the process contains platinum. November, 1957
IP-14a-12608 Now in operation at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East refinery is this 8,500 b/d Powerformer. It produces high octane gasoline to suit the needs of the automobiles of today and tomorrow. November, 1957
IP-14a-12609 Towers at right are part of the LPG plant at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East refinery. Propane is separated out in these towers and purified for use as liquefied petroleum gas. Massive tower at left is the giant catalytic cracking unit in which heavier oils are converted into high octane gasoline. Built in 1948, this unit was Canada’s first “cat cracker”. November, 1957
IP-14a-12610 Montreal refinery- powerformer. November, 1957 IP-14a-12611-12614 By night a Powerformer is an imposing sight. Well-lit to avoid accidents to workmen who must make regular inspections, this Powerformer at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East refinery cost $5 million to build last year. It produces up to 9,500 barrels of high octane gasoline a day. November, 1957
IP-14a-12615 Furnace at Montreal refinery powerformer with cat cracker in background. November, 1957
IP-14a-12616-12617 Furnace of Montreal refinery powerformer. November, 1957
IP-14a-12618 Montreal refinery- furnace of powerformer in foreground with powerformer towers in background. November, 1957
IP-14a-12619 Montreal refinery- furnace of powerformer. November, 1957
IP-14a-12620-12623 Montreal refinery- powerformer. November, 1957
IP-14a-12624 Montreal refinery- propane storage tanks. November, 1957
IP-14a-12626 Montreal refinery- general shot with refinery tubing in foreground and cat cracker in background. November, 1957
IP-14a-12627-12638 Montreal refinery- light ends unit. November, 1957
IP-14a-12639 Montreal refinery- spheroidal storage tank. November, 1957
IP-14a-12640-12644 Montreal refinery- storage tanks and pipe lines. November, 1957
IP-14a-12645-12646 Montreal refinery- storage tanks. November, 1957
IP-14a-12647 A giant metal sphere at Imperial Oil’s refinery at Montreal East holds 15,000 barrels of liquid butane. Normally a gas, butane is stored under pressure, which keeps it in liquid form. Butane is blended with gasolines to make engines easy to start. More is added in winter than summer. November, 1957
IP-14a-12648-12650 Montreal gas plant. November, 1957
IP-14a-12651 Montreal refinery cat cracker. November, 1957
IP-14a-12652 Montreal refinery- cat cracker in the centre and furnace on the left. November, 1957
IP-14a-12653 Montreal refinery cat cracker. November, 1957
IP-14a-12654 Montreal refinery- interior of cat cracker control room. November, 1957 IP-14a-12655-12659 Montreal refinery cat cracker. These three towers at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East refinery are part of the “light ends unit”—where light gasses are separated from gasoline during refining process. Gases are returned in proper proportion to various products later in process, or are used in petrochemical operations. November, 1957
IP-14a-12660 Montreal refinery—medical and employee relations buildings. November, 1957
IP-14a-12661 Montreal refinery- entrance to refinery office building. November, 1957
IP-14a-1266212672 Montreal refinery, tanker unloading docks. November, 1957
IP-14a-12662A Montreal refinery—medical and employee relations building. November, 1957
IP-14a-12673-12680 Near Imperial Oil’s Montreal East refinery, the 236 mile Portland-to- Montreal pipe line rises above the ground. At this point the crude oil is transferred through the smaller pipes and valves to storage tanks in the rear. The pipe line has a capacity of about a quarter-million barrels of crude oil daily—most of it from Venezuela. November, 1957
IP-14a-12681-12683 Esso Hepworth service station at Dorval. November, 1957
IP-14a-12684-12690 Between the refinery where oil products are made and the automobile or furnace where the average person uses them is a large arsenal of oil equipment. This network of piping is part of Imperial Oil’s bulk plant at Montreal where the tank truck has come for a load of products. November, 1957
IP-14a-12691 Montreal bulk plant at Dorval airport. November, 1957
IP-14a-12695-12702 Storage tanks at Imperial Oil’s bulk plant at Dorval. November, 1957
IP-14a-12703 Montreal research lab. November, 1957
IP-14a-12704-12708 Laboratory checks help to ensure the quality of oil products made at Imperial Oil’s refinery in Montreal East. Here a technician using a series of glass stills checks a fraction of crude oil for water content. Water must be removed from products before they are shipped out. November, 1957
IP-14a-12709-12711 Here is the quality control laboratory at Imperial Oil’s refinery in Montreal. A close watch is maintained over refinery operations. These Podbielniak distillation units are used to determine the composition of gas streams from various processing units. November, 1957 IP-14a-12712-12714 Lab-scale models are used to check refinery operations. In a laboratory at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East refinery technicians check a pilot unit used for the high-vacuum distillation of heavy oils. The pilot unit duplicates the actual refining operation and tells technicians exactly how well [the] refinery is operating. November, 1957
IP-14a-12715 Exterior of Montreal mechanical shop. November, 1957
IP-14a-12716-12726 Mechanical shop at Montreal. November, 1957
IP-14a-12727-12738 Tank cars yard and loading tracks. Tank cars are loaded with finished petroleum products at Imperial Oil’s refinery in Montreal East. Loading facilities are designed to handle large quantities of petroleum products with speed and safety. November, 1957
IP-14a-12739-12741 Tank Car Loading Racks- Montreal. Loader- Wilfred Blaxland. November, 1957
IP-14a-12742-12744 Mr. Harold J. Eddy- in charge of loading racks. November, 1957
IP-14a-12745 Night view of butane tanks, Halifax refinery. November, 1957
IP-14a-12746 Spectacularly lit, a refinery is an impressive sight after dark, as this night view of the Imperial Oil refinery in Halifax shows. The atmospheric and vacuum distillation towers in the background are the heart of the refining process, receiving up to 1,500,000 gallons of crude oil daily and separating it into its primary components. November, 1957
IP-14a-12747 Liquid petroleum gas plant with powerformer in background, Halifax refinery. November, 1957
IP-14a-12748 Liquid petroleum gas plant and storage tanks, Halifax refinery. November, 1957
IP-14a-12749-12750 Cat polymerization unit, Halifax refinery. November, 1957
IP-14a-12751 Refineries work 24 hours a day seven days a week. This night photo of Imperial Oil’s Halifax refinery shows the atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit on the left and the cat cracker on the right. Adequate lighting is needed for safety of workers, who frequently climb towers to make routine checks. Refinery can process 1,500, 000 gallons of petroleum products daily for four Atlantic provinces. November, 1957
IP-14a-12752-12753 Cat polymerization unit, Halifax refinery. November, 1957 IP-14a-12754 Night view of control room of fluid cat cracker. Cat cracker in background, Halifax refinery. November, 1957
IP-14a-12755 Night view of liquid petroleum gas storage tanks. Powerformer tower in background.
IP-14a-12756 Butane and pentane storage tanks, Halifax refinery. November, 1957
IP-14a-12578-12760 Halifax Refinery – night view of powerformer. November, 1957
IP-14a-12761 Halifax Refinery – powerformer with control room. November, 1957
IP-14a-12762 Halifax Refinery – night shot of cat poly unit. November, 1957
IP-14a-12763-12764 Halifax Refinery – Cat poly unit with furnace in background. November, 1957
IP-14a-12765 Halifax Refinery – light ends and cat poly units. November, 1957
IP-14a-12766-12767 Halifax Refinery – pumps for cat poly unit. November, 1957
IP-14a-12768 Halifax Refinery – pumps for cat poly unit. November, 1957
IP-14a-12769-12771 Halifax Refinery – separators. November, 1957
IP-14a-12781-12792 Completed in 1957, this Powerforming unit is used to upgrade the quality of motor gasolines at Imperial Oil’s refinery in Halifax. The Powerformer is a sort of “reform school” for gasoline: low octane components which would knock in a modern car engine are changed into high-octane components which won’t knock. The process involves the use of an extensive platinum catalyst. Working 24 hours a day, Imperial Oil’s Powerformer at its Halifax Refinery upgrades low-octane gasolines to make them suitable for modern high-compression automobile engines. Through catalytic reforming, inferior grades of gasoline are passed as a vapor over a platinum catalyst and converted into high-octane fuel. Powerforming is an important – and extremely costly – part of imperial’s gasoline manufacturing process. November, 1957
IP-14a-12793-12795 Imperial Oil’s refinery at Halifax makes up to 1,500,000 gallons of oil products daily for Canada’s four Atlantic provinces. The catalytic cracking unit on the right converts some of the heavier oils into high-octane gasoline. The slender towers at the left are part of the refinery’s light ends unit where gaseous hydrocarbons are separated. November, 1957 IP-14a-12796 Imperial Oil’s 44,000 barrel-a-day refinery at Halifax, which serves Canada’s four Atlantic provinces, is equipped with this hydrofining unit, shown in left foreground. The hydrofining unit purifies products by removing sulphur and other compounds through the use of hydrogen and a catalyst. In the background is the refinery’s catalytic cracker. This unit increases the amount of gasoline obtained from crude oil and raises the octane number of the gasoline made. November, 1957
IP-14a-12797 To the outsider, a refinery seems a tangle of piping and towers. To the oil man, however, the refinery piping is a well-organized if intricate system of moving crude oil, refined products, water and steam from place to place. In this section of Imperial Oil’s refinery at Halifax, the crude oil distillation unit is seen at the extreme right and its furnace at centre. Refinery can process up to 1,500,000 gallons of petroleum products daily for four Atlantic provinces. November, 1957
IP-14a-12799 Aerial view shows Imperial Oil refinery at Dartmouth, N.S., in the foreground and Halifax across the bay in the background. The refinery occupies 427 acres and can process 1,500,000 gallons of oil products daily for use throughout Canada’s four Atlantic provinces. November, 1957
IP-14a-12806 Operator in a control room at Imperial Oil’s Halifax refinery secures a temperature report from a section of Powerformer unit outside. The Powerformer increases the quality of motor gasolines. In the presence of a platinum-alumina catalyst and under heat and pressure, low-octane gasoline components are changed into high-octane components. The Halifax Powerforming unit processes 7,000 barrels a day. November, 1957
IP-14a-13092-13103 Huge quantities of refined oil products must be stored until shipment to markets by tank car, tank truck and tanker. Normally the products are kept in bulk plants on the fringe of the major market areas. Meters in the foreground of the Imperial Oil bulk plant at Winnipeg measure quantity of oil pumped into tank trucks. 1959
IP-14a-13107-13112 CPR switching tankcars at the Esso refinery in Winnipeg. 1959
IP-14a-13116-13121 Product loading in tanker trucks. (Winnipeg?) 1959
IP-14a-13122-13124 Winnipeg and I.O.L. office. 1959
IP-14a-13125-13127 Old fort tower. (Winnipeg?) 1959
IP-14a-13128-13136 Scenes from downtown Winnipeg and Legislative Building. 1959
IP-14a-13139-13145 I.O.L. service station at Portage and Simcoe, Winnipeg. 1959 IP-14a-13146-13151 Pics of Saskatchewan Cement Company.
IP-14a-13152-(63) Manufacture of large diameter pipe. (Location?)
IP-14a-13273-12274 Perry’s Imperial Oil service station in Regina.
IP-14a-13275 Construction at highway #2 and the Humber. Spring, 1958
IP-14a-13276 The Kingsway and highway No. 2 – Toronto. Spring, 1958
IP-14a-13277-13282 Queens quay and Highway #27—Toronto. Spring, 1958
IP-14a-13283-13284 Highway No. 401 and Malton Road – Toronto. Spring, 1958
IP-14a-13285-13287 Highway No. 401 and Islington Avenue—Toronto. Spring, 1958
IP-14a-13288-13289 Highway No. 401 and Dufferin Street—Toronto. Spring, 1958
IP-14a-13290-13292 Highway No. 401 - and Avenue Road – Toronto. Spring, 1958
IP-14a-13293-13296 111 St. Clair Ave West- Imperial Oil building from the air. I.O.L.’s new office at St Clair/ Avenue Road, Toronto. Spring, 1958
IP-14a-13297-13300 Grant Brown and C.O. Halldorson on National #3 rig 39 miles east and little south of Fort St. John. 1958
IP-14a-13301-13312 Grant Brown & C.O. Halldorson on National #3 rig. Pulling pipe on the rig. 1958
IP-14a-13313-13318 Grant Brown and C.O. Halldorson on National #3 rig 39 miles east and little south of Fort St. John. Pulling pipe on the rig. 1958
IP-14a-13319-13323 Grant Brown and C.O. Halldorson pulling pipe on the rig at National #3 rig. 1958
IP-14a-13324 Big rig—National #3 (3 rd largest rig in company, capable of drilling hole 10- 12,000 feet deep. Sometimes known as National 100). 1958
IP-14a-13325-13326 Filling tank with water at Fort St. John, big rig—National #3. 1958
IP-14a-13327 Wilbur Anderson (deceased) was driller on National rig #3, big rig drilling near Fort St. John. He is looking up the derrick. 1953
IP-14a-13328 Left, Al Fleet, derrick man; right, Leonard Wagner, floorman—big rig, Fort St. John. 1958 IP-14a-13329-13330 Big rig Fort St. John. National No. 3- trailer camp of kitchen, diner, sleeping quarters, offices, etc. 1958
IP-14a-13331 Radio operation at Fort St. John rig. Operator is Alfred J. Bennett, assistant tool- push. Radio contact was maintained with Imperial Oil office in Dawson Creek. 1958
IP-14a-13332-13340 Harvey Hilton, well-site geologist, at work at Fort St. John area big rig, examining rock and rock cutting. Graduate of University of Acadia. 1958
IP-14a-13341-13343 Poker game, Fort St. John big rig. 1958
IP-14a-13344-13346 Seismic crew 43 bombardier group moving over road in the Nordegg area. Ahead is the cable unit and behind the recording bombardier. 1958
IP-14a-13347-13349 Seismic party 43- this shows the shooting bombardier passing the drilling units (for drilling the shot holes) on the road in the Nordegg area. 1958
IP-14a-13350 Seismic party 43 at Nordegg, with bombardiers in background, loading charge. On left is Mike Lucuik, helper, and right, Eugene Colton, shooter. The bombardier immediately beside them is the shooting bombardier and the one behind is the recording bombardier. 1958
IP-14a-13351 George Bennett assistant shooter with seismic party 43 in the Nordegg area, checking the “hole number” prior to shooting. The number is on a slip of paper attached to brush. 1958
IP-14a-13352 Cable bombardier laying out cable for geophones at one stretch in the Nordegg area. The geophones are tossed off the bombardier as it proceeds down the road. 1958
IP-14a-13353 Party 43 with shooter alongside instrument truck. Note explosion in background. Shooter unidentified. Nordegg is in wild foothills area of Alberta, west of Rocky Mountain House. 1958
IP-14a-13354 George Bennett, assistant shooter with seismic party 43 in the Nordegg area, and charge exploding. 1958
IP-14a-13355 Party 43 with shooter alongside instrument truck. Note explosion in background. Shooter unidentified. Nordegg is in wild foothills area of Alberta, west of Rocky Mountain House. 1958
IP-14a-13356 Ernie Boduarek, assistant operator, inside the instrument truck of seismic party 43, Nordegg. Boduarek is a graduate from the Calgary Institute of Technology in electronics. Here he is shown pushing the shooting button on the magnetic tape recorder inside the recording bombardier of Party 43. It takes two to shoot. When Boduarek is ready he indicates so and holds his finger on the shooting button. The shooter does the same. When the magnetic tape recorder revolves and reaches a certain point it automatically sets off the charge. 1958
IP-14a-13357-13359 Ernie Boduarek, assistant operator, inside the instrument truck of Party 43, near Nordegg. 1958
IP-14a-13360-13361 Art Biddlecombe preparing to pick up the geophone cable with the breast reel, a portable reel. When the cable is laid out, the reel is carried on the back, but when it is picked up, the reel is carried on the chest. 1958
IP-14a-13362 George Swain, driver, chipping ice off the tracks of his cable bombardier before stopping for the evening. Seismic Party #43, near Nordegg. 1958
IP-14a-13363 Andrew Syme, seismic computer with part #43 in Nordegg area, working on computations in his trailer. 1958
IP-14a-13364-13365 Cook H.M. Sanneachan prepares meal for seismic party No. 43 near Nordegg, Alberta. This is a kitchen trailer. 1958
IP-14a-13366-13367 Cook Sannachan and his helper Aime Goudreau, “cookee”, in trailer with Seismic party 43 in the Nordegg area. 1958
IP-14a-13368-13374 Crew members relax during the evening hours in the dining trailer of Seismic party #43 in the Nordegg area—chief character is Cook H.M. Sannachan. 1958
IP-14a-13375-13376 Left, Mike Luciuk, operation, right Art Biddlecome, helper, relax in their trailer in the evening. Seismic party #43, Nordegg. 1958
IP-14a-13379-13389 Seismic survey party 51 near Stony Plain. 1958
IP-14a-13377-13378 Left, Mike Luciuk, operation, right Art Biddlecome, helper, relax in their trailer in the evening. Seismic party #43, Nordegg. 1958
IP-14a-13379-(80) Jack Betteridge, surveyor of Seismic Party 51. This photograph was taken in the Stony Plain area, about 20 miles west and south of Edmonton. [ca. 1958]
IP-14a-13381 Rodman on a survey working with seismic party number 51 near Stony Plain, Alberta. The rodman is Roger Hope-Smith. [ca. 1958]
IP-14a-13382-13383 George Sundin working on the cable truck with seismic party 51 in the Stony Plain area. 1958 IP-14a-13384-13388 Loading a seismic shot-hole with dynamite—Seismic party 51 near Stony Plain. Left, Bert Furset, helper, and right, Seigfried Hoffmann. [ca. 1958]
IP-14a-13389 Seismic party 51 “shooting” near Stony Plain. In the background are the instrument and shooting trucks. [ca. 1958]
IP-14a-13390-13392 Leduc-Woodbend dynamometer testing. Using a dynamometer in the Leduc-Woodbend field (the dynamometer is the meter at the top of the photograph on the equipment) and an acoustic well sounder being manipulated by the operator. In his right hand is a gun with which he fires a shot. The dynamometer is used to determine the effectiveness of sub- surface pumping units. An acoustic well sounder is used to determine the level of fluid in the casing. It works like a seismic charge. The sounder also determines the effectiveness of the sub-surface pump. The operator is Bill Huston. [ca. 1958]
IP-14a-13393 Maurice Lehodey, assistant production foreman in the Joffre field (near Red Deer), models the new type of gas mask. Its main feature is improved visibility. 1958
IP-14a-13394-13396 Mel Badry, process operator, studying the automatic controls on propane storage tanks at the Leduc Gas Conservation Plant, Devon. The controls gauge the amount of liquid in the pressurized tank. 1958
IP-14a-13397 This is a sulphur container at the Redwater Gas Conservation Plant. The retaining walls of the container are actually made of sulphur, and liquid sulphur is shown being poured into the container at 266 degrees temperature. The sulphur solidifies and when loaded a small charge of dynamite is set in the container which cracks the sulphur. It is then picked up in blocks with a power shovel and put through a grinder before it leaves the plant to be loaded in closed box cars. The liquid sulphur is stored in a pit which is heated with steam to keep the sulphur in its liquid state. The employee with his hand on the nozzle is Mark Hannington, steam engineer. He is maneuvering the nozzle. It is interesting to note that these flow pipes have steam jackets to keep the sulphur in liquid state. 1958
IP-14a-13398 This is a H2S disposal stack at the Redwater Gas Plant. It is used when the sulphur recovery plant is shut down and only one part per 100 of H2S is disposed of through the stack after it has been mixed with air. The rigging on the stack is from the original rig that drilled the first well in the Redwater field. 1958
IP-14a-13399 Lorne Brothen, district accountant, at remote control panel for Redwater battery and Excelsior batteries. The panel controls batteries 20 miles away. He is setting the time on a printer which records the volumes of liquid (oil and water) into and from a battery. The black panel above the printer is visual. 1958
IP-14a-13400-13401 Battery operator, Joffre field, near Red Deer (employee not identified). 1958
IP-14a-13402-13403 Well-control battery manifold at Excelsior batter No. 2. Other automatic battery is Redwater battery #6. Remote control panel for both batteries located in Redwater district production office. 1958
IP-14a-13404-13406 Manitoba division marketing office- storage tanks. 1957
IP-14a-13407 Manitoba marketing office at Winnipeg. 1957
IP-14a-13408-13409 Manitoba marketing office in Winnipeg- loading station. 1957
IP-14a-13410 Imperial Oil’s Manitoba division office in Winnipeg. 1957
IP-14a-13411-13412 Manitoba division office, Winnipeg- loading pumps.1957
IP-14a-13413 Flare pit at Imperial Oil’s Winnipeg refinery. 1957
IP-14a-13414 Imperial Oil service station in Winnipeg- St. Mary’s and Berrydale streets. 1957
IP-14a-13415 Imperial Oil service station in Winnipeg- at Matheson and McGregor streets. 1957
IP-14a-13416 Imperial Oil service station in Winnipeg—at Stafford and Lorette streets. 1957
IP-14a-13417 Imperial Oil bulk plant at Stafford and Pembina streets in Winnipeg (Jack Beech’s). 1957
IP-14a-13418 Winnipeg refinery research lab—octane engine- used for determining the octane ratings of motor gasolines—with Don McLachlan. 1957
IP-14a-13419 Winnipeg refinery lab—Mark II fractionating tower and ASTM vacuum distillation equipment—operator is Bill Teplyske. 1957
IP-14a-13420 Winnipeg refinery lab—Podbelniak Low Temperature fractional distillation apparatus—operator is Ken Wilson. 1957
IP-14a-13421 Imperial Oil’s Winnipeg refinery—the lab. 1957
IP-14a-13422 Winnipeg refinery lab—determination of alkalinity of caustic solution used in treating plant—operator is Don Stahr. 1957 IP-14a-13423 Winnipeg refinery lab—Dietert sulphur apparatus: determination of total sulphur content of fuel oils. Henry Oberton, operator. 1957
IP-14a-13425 Winnipeg refinery lab—Dietert sulphur apparatus: determination of total sulphur content of fuel oils. Henry Oberton, operator. 1957
IP-14a-13426 Winnipeg refinery lab—Dietert sulphur apparatus: determination of total sulphur content of fuel oils. Paul Harris, operator. 1957
IP-14a-13427-14328 Automatic booster station of Winnipeg Pipe Line Co. – at Silvery Plains, Man. 1957
IP-14a-13429 Pumping station of Winnipeg Pipe Line Co. at Gretna—Chief W.A. Kramer. 1957
IP-14a-13430 Pumping station of Winnipeg Pipe Line Co. at Gretna Man. Operator E. Boucher. 1957
IP-14a-13431-13432 Pumping station of Winnipeg Pipe Line—at Gretna Man. 1957
IP-14a-13433 Winnipeg Pipe Line Co. pumping station at Gretna Man. Operator E. Boucher putting “pig” scraper into pipe line. 1957
IP-14a-13434-13438 Scandinavian Airlines System plane refueling at Stevenson airport, Winnipeg. 1957
IP-14a-13439-13342 TCA-Viscount refueling at Stevenson Airport, Winnipeg. 1957
IP-14a-13443-13444 Seismic party No. 23- office at Milestone, Sask. Computer is Don A. French, see plotting “picks” with Bill H. Clark, acting party chief. 1957
IP-14a-13445-13447 Seismic party 43-in Saskatchewan, near Milestone laying geophones. 1957
IP-14a-13448 Seismic party No. 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone unloading cable. 1957
IP-14a-13449 Seismic party 23 in Saskatchewan, near Milestone. Connecting the charge. 1957
IP-14a-13450 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone—Dan Ford, the shooter. 1957
IP-14a-13451-13452 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone—the “shoot”. 1957
IP-14a-13453 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone—charging the hole with explosives; Dan Ford, shooter on the left and Alfred Kinart, geophysical helper on the right. 1957
IP-14a-13454 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone—Alfred Kinart, geophysical helper, connecting the charge. 1957 IP-14a-13455 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone—the “shoot”. 1957
IP-14a-13456-13461 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone. Instrument truck in which reflections of the shoot are recorded—operator, George W. Klose. 1957
IP-14a-13462-13463 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone. Drilling seismic holes. 1957
IP-14a-13464 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone. Drilling seismic holes. 1957
IP-14a-13469-13472 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone—surveying. 1957
IP-14a-13473-13474 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone—office at Milestone. Dan French and Bill Clark plotting “picks”. 1957
IP-14a-13475 Seismic party 23—Saskatchewan, near Milestone. Lunch around the stove. Left to right: Dan Ford, Clare Hamilton, Bill Clark, George Klose. 1957
IP-14a-13476 Imperial Hummingbird, Saskatchewan. 1957
IP-14a-13477-13479 Drilling crew—circulating at Imperial Hummingbird, Saskatchewan. 1957
IP-14a-13480-13483 With an Imperial Oil drilling crew at Pangman, Saskatchewan. 1957
IP-14a-13484-13485 Well-site geologist Jim Fisher at the Imperial Pangwell drilling site in Saskatchewan. 1957
IP-14a-13486-13496 Imperial Oil drilling crew at Pangman, Saskatchewan. 1957
IP-14a-13497 Well-site geologist Jim Fisher examines some rock cuttings—at Imperial Pangman well in Saskatchewan. 1957
IP-14a-13498-13501 Drilling at Imperial Pangman in Saskatchewan. 1957
IP-14a-13525 This is a section of the butadiene processing unit at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia refinery. The five tanks in the foreground are settlers for the cuprous ammonia solution used in the butadiene extraction process. Immediately in front of each tank are the mixers—small vertical vessels with a motor and mixer overhead. These are used in the settler-mixer step of the extraction process. May, 1958
IP-14a-13530-13538 Imperial Oil’s detergent alkylate plant is designed to produce 30 million pounds a year of dodecyl benzene, a major component of synthetic detergents. The $5.5 million plant went into operation in the fall of 1957. It is part of Imperial’s $40 million investment in petrochemical plants at Sarnia. May, 1958 IP-14a-13539-13544 Sarnia cat cracker and A&V unit. May, 1958
IP-14a-13548- Sarnia refinery, cat cracker and part of the A&V unit. May, 1958
IP-14a-13550-13559 Sarnia refinery Powerformer. May, 1958
IP-14a-13571-13572 “Imperial Quebec” near Sarnia. May, 1958
IP-14a-13573 Ore boat near Sarnia. May, 1958
IP-14a-13575 Cement plant at Sarnia. May, 1958
IP-14a-13577 Lumbermill and elevators on Kaministiquia River, near Fort William, seen from Mount McKay. May, 1958
IP-14a-13578 Over-all view of Fort William, Maninistiquia River, with swing bridge (left) and grain elevators. May, 1958
IP-14a-13579-13582 Five million dollars’ worth of pulpwood at The Great Lakes Paper Co. Ltd.; man with hat is company security officer, C.G. Carswell. May, 1958
IP-14a-13583 Part of Port Arthur harbor with log booms and huge elevators. May, 1958
IP-14a-13584 Patterson elevators and grain ship on Kaministiquia River, Fort William. May, 1958
IP-14a-13585-13586 Pipe patterns—Port Arthur freight yard. May, 1958
IP-14a-13587-13588 “Imperial Quebec” coming into Fort William. May, 1958
IP-14a-13589-13597 I.O.L. facilities at Victoria Harbor, May 1958. Victoria B.C., bulk plant— man on truck in 13589 and 90 is C.R. MacKay—Plant manager Les Gordon in #13591. May, 1958
IP-14a-13599-13600 Ioco Refinery seen from the North Shore hills; near the plant at the left is the small fresh water lake which provides the necessary water for the refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13601-13602 Ioco Refinery—Cat cracker at left and A&V units. May, 1958
IP-14a-13604 Ioco Refinery- A&V units. May, 1958
IP-14a-13605-13610 Control room at Ioco Refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13611 Ioco refinery—cat cracker and control room. May, 1958
IP-14a-13612-13613 On top of the cooling towers at Ioco refinery. May, 1958 IP-14a-13614 Storage tanks at Imperial Oil’s Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13615-13617 Night views of Imperial Oil’s Ioco Refinery on Burrard Inlet. May, 1958
IP-14a-13618-13619 A “centennial” beard at the control room, Ioco Refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13620-13621 General views of the Powerformer at Imperial Oil’s Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13622-13623 Powerformer at Ioco Refinery; compressor valves. Jan Dawson—1st assistant operator. May, 1958
IP-14a-13624-13627 Checking temperature of hydrogen compressors—Jan Dawson, 1 st assistant operator. May, 1958
IP-14a-13628-13629 Lubricating hydrogen compressors—Jan Dawson 1 st assistant operator. May, 1958
IP-14a-13630-13632 Angle shots of stabilizing tower and heat exchangers, at Ioco Refinery (Jan Dawson, 1 st assistant operator--#13631). May, 1958
IP-14a-13633 Part of the furnaces, upper left, and reactors, below—Ioco Refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13634-13635 Reactors and Imperial Oil’s Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13636 Part of one furnace at Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13637-13638 Control room at Ioco refinery—Mat Bradley, operator. May, 1958
IP-14a-13639-13641 Main dock and products line at Imperial Oil’s Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13642 A barge loading aviation gasoline at Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13643-13645 Main dock and products lines at Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13646 Pumps on main dock with refinery in background—at Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13647 Unloading used tanks from Imperial “Nanaimo” in front of open warehouse at Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13648-13649 Four tank cars on barge loading—at Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13650-13654 Ioco refinery from the main dock at Burrard Inlet. May, 1958
IP-14a-13655 Firefighting boat left, main dock with products barge, right, and “Pacific Wind.” South shore is in the background. Ioco refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13660-13662 Loading rack at Lougheed terminal, B.C. May, 1958 IP-14a-13663-13664 Remote control meters at Lougheed terminal, B.C.-- I.H. (Mac) MacLaughlin at controls. May, 1958
IP-14a-13665 Remote control tankage meters, main switch valves in background at Lougheed terminal, B.C. May, 1958
IP-14a-13666 Pipes and main switch valves at Lougheed terminal, B.C. May, 1958
IP-14a-13667 Main switch valves and tanks at Lougheed terminal, B.C.—operator is Don A. McCallum. May, 1958
IP-14a-13668-13671 Pipes and tanks at Lougheed terminal, B.C.—operator is Don A. McCallum. May, 1958
IP-14a-13672-13674 Tank truck drives Charlie Hird, left, and Ray Rear, with “centennial beards”. May, 1958
IP-14a-13675-13676 Stair patterns on tanks at Lougheed terminal, B.C.—operator is Don A. McCallum. May, 1958
IP-14a-13677-13687 Storage and service areas of IOL, Vancouver. Smith Street plant, Vancouver. (Pix taken on request to record sites which will be historical in short while.) May, 1958
IP-14a-13688-13690 Richmond Marina- with W.G. (Bill) Rayner—Vancouver. May, 1958
IP-14a-13691-13693 Mrs. Francis Mikkelsen and George Green of B.C. marketing. May, 1958
IP-14a-13694-13696 Fisherman’s Cove at the North Shore—Vancouver; Contains over 1,000 boats. May, 1958
IP-14a-13697-13699 Lynnwood Marinaland Ltd. Under construction. Will eventually accommodate 2,000 boats. New 2 nd Narrows Bridge is in background— (bridge collapsed about 1 month after picture taken), Vancouver, B.C. May, 1958
IP-14a-13700-13701 Camby Bridge bulk plant, Vancouver. May, 1958
IP-14a-13702-13704 Imperial Oil office building in Vancouver. May, 1958
IP-14a-13705-13712 New service station at 1610 Robson Street, Vancouver. Don Hillyer appears in #13710. May, 1958
IP-14a-13713-13717 Shots of the BC Hydro building, Vancouver. B.C. Electric Building- Vancouver. May, 1958 IP-14a-13718-13721 Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, B.C. May, 1958
IP-14a-13722 Totem pole at Prospect Point- Vancouver. May, 1958
IP-14a-13723 View from Prospect Point, Vancouver. May, 1958
IP-14a-13724-13725 Canada geese at Stanley Park-Vancouver. May, 1958
IP-14a-13726-13743 New Vancouver Public Library. May, 1958
IP-14a-13744-13746 Bulk plant at Fort William, B.C. May, 1958
IP-14a-13747-13748 Bulk plant at Brandon, Manitoba. May, 1958
IP-14a-13749-13751 Bulk plant at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. May, 1958
IP-14a-13752-13753 Bulk plant at Lethbridge, Alberta. May, 1958
IP-14a-13754 Site of future Powerformer at Regina refinery. May, 1958
IP-14a-13755 Mixing plant at Hagersville Asphalt Paving Co., Toronto. July, 1958
IP-14a-13756-13757 Pouring asphalt paving mixture into trucks—at Hagersville Asphalt Paving Company, Toronto. July, 1958
IP-14a-13758-13763 Derwin P. Smith, physical chemist, at the mass spectrometer in the optical laboratory, research department, Sarnia. The mass spectrometer is used to determine chemical composition of any petroleum fraction. July, 1958
IP-14a-13764-13765 Derwin P. Smith, physical chemist, injecting a sample into an infra-cell with a hypodermic. July, 1958
IP-14a-13766-13767 Infra-red spectrometer used to determine molecular structure—Sarnia Research Department. July, 1958
IP-14a-13768-13770 General shots of the mass spectrometer and gas laboratory which is one of the control labs for the petrochemical unit at Sarnia. Ronald T. Moir, chemist, is in charge. July, 1958
IP-14a-13771 Len Drugge, chemist, in the mass spectrometer and gas laboratory is adjusting apparatus for analyzing gases for butadiene content. This is a Koppers-Hinckley apparatus. July, 1958
IP-14a-13772 General shots of the mass spectrometer and gas laboratory which is one of the control labs for the petrochemical unit at Sarnia. Ronald T. Moir, chemist, is in charge. July, 1958 IP-14a-13773-13774 Len Drugge, chemist, in the mass spectrometer and gas laboratory is adjusting apparatus for analyzing gases for butadiene content. This is a Koppers-Hinckley apparatus. July, 1958
IP-14a-13775-13779 General steam cracker analytical laboratory shots—under aegis of B.J. Ryan, chemist, at Sarnia. July, 1958
IP-14a-13780-13782 Thousands of laboratory tests—such as this analysis of the amount of sulphur impurity in petroleum gas—enabled Imperial Oil to build a petrochemical plant at Sarnia which can run on “feed” derived from almost any crude oil in western Canada. The new plant, completed this fall at a cost of $28,500,000 turns out chemical “building blocks” that other industries make into hundreds of consumer goods, such as synthetic fabrics, plastics, synthetic rubber and antifreeze. July, 1958
IP-14a-13783-13785 Mass spectrometer and gas laboratory. C.A. Jansen, chemist, is in front of mass spectrometer which is used for analyzing gases produced by the steamcracker. July, 1958
IP-14a-13786-13788 This marble-like block was cut from the runway of Sarnia’s brand new airport, and Brian Adams is weighing it as part of a series of tests currently underway at Imperial Oil’s research laboratories to ensure that the asphalt pavement has been properly constructed to withstand the punishment of repeated landings and take-offs. August, 1958
IP-14a-13789 Optical laboratory of research department in Sarnia—Albert Millson, a summer student in honors chemistry and physics, is adjusting an x-ray defraction apparatus. It can be used to determine the crystalline structure of waxes and other materials. July, 1958
IP-14a-13790-13791 Imperial Oil’s engineering building at Sarnia. July, 1958
IP-14a-13792-13800 The Naphtha specialties plant at Sarnia. July, 1958
IP-14a-13801-13803 Imperial Oil’s naphtha specialties plant at Sarnia: Canada’s largest plant for the production of petroleum solvents is this $4½ million naphtha specialties plant which Imperial Oil put into operation at Sarnia last year. Its output of up to 600,000 yearly is used mainly by paint manufacturers and dry cleaners, and also turns up in hundreds of articles in daily use. The unit is part of Imperial’s $40 million investment in petrochemical equipment at Sarnia. May 1959
IP-14a-13804-13806 Imperial Oil’s engineering building at Sarnia. July, 1958 IP-14a-13807-13809 Crude oil tank farm at Sarnia—separate from the refinery. July, 1958
IP-14a-13810-13811 Aerial view of Imperial Oil’s Sarnia refinery—packaging plant in the foreground. July, 1958
IP-14a-13812 Aerial view of Sarnia refinery—docks in foreground and naphtha plant in background.
IP-14a-13813 Sarnia refinery from the air—docks and naphtha specialties plant –in background is steamcracker. July, 1958
IP-14a-13814 Aerial view of Sarnia—the railway tracks and station in middle—crude oil tankage in background. July, 1958
IP-14a-13815 Imperial Oil’s Sarnia refinery from the south, on the river. July, 1958
IP-14a-13816-13823 Views of an old massive compressor. Mechanical shops, Sarnia refinery. July, 1958
IP-14a-13824-13830 Views of the IOL Chemical Prodcuts Cracking Unit, Sarnia. July, 1958
IP-14a-13831-13834 Control room-Imperial Oil’s petrochemical plant at Sarnia. Major addition to Canada’s petrochemical industry is $28½ million chemical products cracking unit which Imperial Oil recently put “on stream” at Sarnia, Ont. Here components which have been obtained from crude oil at the company’s adjacent refinery are made into chemical “building blocks” such as ethylene, butylenes, butadienes, propylenes, and aromatic tars. These are supplied to other manufacturers and end up in plastics, synthetic rubber, detergents, anti-freeze, and other things. July, 1958
IP-14a-13836-13844 Aerial views of Imperial Oil’s Sarnia refinery. Imperial Oil’s new $28,500,000 petrochemical plant (centre) is the newest addition to Sarnia’s “Chemical Valley”. Other plants visible are Cabot Carbon, Dow Chemical, Polymer and part of Imperial’s refinery (top right). Feed tock from the refinery is converted by the petrochemical plant into basic chemical raw materials which are processed by others into products such as plastics, antifreeze, synthetic fibres, synthetic rubber and gasoline additives. July, 1958
IP-14a-13845 Thousands of laboratory tests on crude oil from each prairie province enabled Imperial Oil to design this new petrochemical plant at Sarnia which can run on “feed” derived from almost any crude in Western Canada. The $28,500,000 plant, completed this fall, turns out chemical “building blocks” that other industries turn into hundreds of consumer goods, such as synthetic fabrics, plastics, synthetic rubber and anti-freeze. July, 1958
IP-14a-13870-13881 Drilling operations at Imperial Abbot, Saskatchewan. 1957
IP-14a-13882-13890 Sarnia petrochemical plant. (#13884- plant seen through loading rack). September, 1958
IP-14a-13891-13896 Major addition to Canada’s petrochemical industry is $28½ million chemical products cracking unit which Imperial Oil put “on stream” at Sarnia. Here components which have been obtained from crude oil at the company’s adjacent refinery are made into chemical “building blocks” such as ethylene, butylenes, butadienes, propylenes, and aromatic tars. These are supplied to other manufacturers and end up in plastics, synthetic rubber, detergents, anti-freeze, and other things. September, 1958
IP-14a-13897-13899 Control room of Imperial Oil’s new $28 ½ million petrochemical plant at Sarnia, Ont. has fluted roof and six picture windowed sides, making it look a lot like the Festival Theatre at Stratford, Ontario. The highly- instrumented plant takes an oil component-obtained from the company’s adjacent refinery- and turns it into chemical “building blocks” such as ethylene, butylenes, butadiene, propylene, and aromatic tars. These are supplied to other manufacturers, and end up in plastics, synthetic rubber, detergents, anti-freeze, and other things. September, 1958