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Prototype dragline digging a test pit, Alsands project, near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Prototype dragline digging a test pit, Alsands project, near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Prototype dragline digging a test pit, Alsands project, near Fort McMurray, Alberta.

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Date [ca. 1979-11] 
Creator Shell Canada Resources
Genre Photographs
Place Alberta
Subject Excavating machinery, Fort McMurray, Alberta--Industry, Oil sands, Petroleum industry and trade--Equipment and supplies
Archival Information
Repository Glenbow Archives
Fonds/Collection Calgary Herald fonds
Reference code CA ACU GBA F0358-S0002 
Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/photographs-alphabetical-subjects
Unique identifier CU270523 
Legacy Identifier pa-1599-451-29 
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Attribution "Prototype dragline digging a test pit, Alsands project, near Fort McMurray, Alberta.", [ca. 1979-11], (CU270523) by Shell Canada Resources. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.