MADE
IN HAMILTON
19TH CENTURY
INDUSTRIAL TRAIL
SITE
8
E. & C. GURNEY COMPANY, 1842
The
E. & C. Gurney foundry once covered the whole block bounded by John, Rebecca,
Catharine and King William Streets. Inside this hot, smoky complex, highly skilled
workers moulded and assembled a wide array of iron products including stoves,
fireplace grates, hot air furnaces and registers. All that remains of this historic
foundry today is the one-storey stone building at the north-west corner of Catharine
and King William Streets.
The
elegant 4-storey Second Empire building pictured here, designed by Hamilton
architect William Leith, was built in 1875 to accommodate the company's office
and showroom. It was attached to the company's foundry and shops, which took
up much of the rest of this block.
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