MADE
IN HAMILTON
19TH CENTURY
INDUSTRIAL TRAIL
SITE
34
E. VAN ALLEN & COMPANY, c. 1890
The
two four-storey brick buildings of the E. Van Allen Company still stand on the
north side of George Street close to the corner of Bay Street. This company
manufactured Star Brand shirts, collars, cuffs and other clothing.
Sensing
the time was right for change, Van Allen bought an existing shirt factory near
the north west corner of George and Bay Streets in 1890. Van Allen's new business
met with success. In 1903, the company erected the brick buildings you see here
today. They were located immediately west of the original plant site.
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