Collection search - Hehner, Eric - Interview

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Hehner, Eric - Interview

Item number (ISN):

257793

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1986

Item number (ISN):

257793

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STONE, Raymond

Accession:

1996-0227

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1986

Production company:

Raymond Stone (Interviewer)

Description:

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Interview by Raymond Stone with Eric Hehner, Customs and Excise specialist, who was sent to Whitehorse in the 1940s to solve a customs problem surrounding the pipeline carrying aviation fuel along the route of the White Pass and Yukon Railway line from Whitehorse to Fairbanks, Alaska. He talks about the history of the rail line and the addition of the fuel line pointing out risk of fire from wood-burning engines. After the war it was necessary to settle the ownership of the pipeline, but since it was a gift to Canada from the US Army the tax collector insisted the duty on the steel be paid. He describes how he walked the line and hitched a ride on a hand-car which hit a bear near Lake Labarge. Having solved the tax problem, and he goes to describes the introduction of sealed shipping containers by the railroad to counteract the pilferage which occurred at each of many border stops and customs inspections and recalls the first container ship specially designed for the Whitepass railroads. <30mn>

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

358196

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1996-0227/50

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

536455

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

257793-1996-0227-050-S1.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

32:57

Made from:

1996-0227/050

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

544531

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

257793-1996-0227-050-S1.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

32:57

Made from:

1996-0227/050

Status:

REF
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