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Kenilworth Avenue, is a street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at the Kenilworth Traffic Circle and Kenilworth Access, a mountain-access road at the base of the Niagara Escarpment (mountain) and is a two-way street throughout stretching northward through the city's North End industrial neighbourhood where it then flows underneath the Burlington Street bridge and right into Dofasco's (steel company) Industrial Park.
[edit] History
Dominion Steel Casting Company (Dofasco) established in 1912. Later named Dominion Foundries and Steel, the company merged with its subsidiary, Hamilton Steel Wheel Company in 1917. The name was officially changed to Dofasco Inc. in 1980. [1] In 1912, National Steel Car is established in Hamilton. [1] Builders of reliable freight and passenger train cars and equipment. [2] Also by 1912, with 4.5 miles of dockage, Hamilton is second only to Montreal in shipping.[1]
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Canada (1919-1988) was based just East of Kenilworth Avenue North on Burlington Street with neighbouring National Steel Car on it's left. [1]
[edit] Landmarks
- Piers 21, 22
- Dofasco, (steel company)
- National Steel Car (builders of railway cars)
- Centre Mall, east end property, stretches West to Ottawa Street North (Canada's first Mall)
- East Hamilton Radio (building)
- United Steelworkers of America, Local 1005/ United Steelworkers, Local 7135
- Kenilworth Traffic Circle
- Escarpment Rail Trail (abandoned railway)
- Bruce Trail
- Mountain Face Park
- Niagara Escarpment (mountain)
[edit] Communities
- North End - Everything north of the Canadian National Railway tracks
- Crown Point/ Homeside, Kenilwortha Avenue is the division between these two neighbourhoods.
- The Delta/ Bartonville, Kenilworth Avenue is the division between these two neighbourhoods.
[edit] Major roads that cross Kenilworth Avenue
[edit] Roads that are parallel with Kenilworth Avenue
- Wellington Street, North, South
- Victoria Avenue, North, South
- Wentworth Street, North, South
- Sherman Avenue, North, South
- Gage Avenue, North, South
- Ottawa Street, North, South
- Kenilworth Avenue, North, South
- Parkdale Avenue, North, South
- Red Hill Valley Parkway * Under Construction *
- Nash Road, North, South
- Centennial Parkway, North, South
- Lake Avenue, North, Drive
- Gray Road
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d History of Industry in Hamilton, Ontario. Retrieved on March 29, 2007.
- ^ Hamilton is also the home of National Steel Car Ltd.. Retrieved on March 29, 2007.
