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Aerial view of provincial government's pilot plant for extracting oil from the northern Alberta tar sands, Bitumount, Alberta.
Aerial view of provincial government's pilot plant for extracting oil from the northern Alberta tar sands, Bitumount, Alberta.
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Aerial view of provincial government's pilot plant for extracting oil from the northern Alberta tar sands, Bitumount, Alberta.

Bitumount oil sands plant. Published in the Calgary Herald, February 12, 1951. 
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Date [ca. 1949-1950] 
Creator Unknown
Genre Photographs
Subject Fort McMurray, Alberta--Buildings, Fort McMurray, Alberta--Industry, Oil sands, Petroleum industry and trade--Refining
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 CU1203636 
Legacy Identifier pa-1599-451-2 
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Conditions of Use https://libanswers.ucalgary.ca/faq/199047 
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Attribution "Aerial view of provincial government's pilot plant for extracting oil from the northern Alberta tar sands, Bitumount, Alberta.", [ca. 1949-1950], (CU1203636) by Unknown. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.