INDUSTRIAL HAMILTON: A TRAIL TO THE FUTURE
The Hamilton Steel and Iron Company, Limited
In 1900, a group of iron and steel companies in and around Hamilton, Ontario,
came togther to form the Hamilton Steel and Iron Company. The first president
of this group of companies was Charles S. Wilcox, formerly of the Ontario Tack
Company, and later the president of the Steel Company of Canada.
The Ontario Rolling Mills, the oldest of the original companies to form the Hamilton Steel and Iron Company, had itself been previously combined with the Hamilton Blast Furnace Company, which had been established in 1895 at Huckleberry Point. Huckleberry Point would later become Stelco's Hamilton Works (Hilton Works), when the Hamilton Steel and Iron Company became a part of the Steel Company of Canada in 1910.
References:
- Kilbourn, William. The Elements Combined: A History of the Steel Company
of Canada. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, and Company, Limited, 1960.
- The Steel Company of Canada, Limited The 25th Milestone: A Brief History
of Stelco, The Steel Company of Canada Limited. Hamilton, 1935.
