Sherman Avenue is a collector road in the lower portion of

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. It begins at the Niagara Escarpment (the mountain) just south of Cumberland Avenue and is a one-way street bisecting the industrialized northern neighbourhoods of the city. It ends at Ship Street — the site of Steel Company of Canada (

Stelco Stelco Holdings Inc. (known as U.S. Steel Canada from 2007 to 2016) is a Canadian steel company based in Hamilton, Ontario. Stelco was founded in 1910 from the amalgamation of several smaller firms. It continued on for almost 100 years, until it ...

). The Sherman Access is the only mountain access with time restrictions. The pass opens every Monday to Friday during rush hour. The northbound is open to traffic for the morning rush; while the southbound is open to traffic during the afternoon rush. The rest of the time, it operates as a regular two-lane road.

History

Sherman Avenue, originally called Shearman Avenue which was named after the first land assessor of the district, nothing more is known of Shearman who remains a man of mystery in Hamilton's history books. Later the name was changed from Shearman to Sherman Avenue in honour of brothers Clifton Sherman (1872–1955) and Frank Sherman (1887–1967), who both founded Dominion Foundries and Steel (later called

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) in 1912, creating a giant that would bring prosperity and identity to the city. The

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continued to grow in the late 19th century through to the early 20th century and finally consolidate through this period, some combining to form the Steel Company of Canada (

) in 1910. Dominion Steel Casting Company (

) was established two years later 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. On July 15, 1946, after a meeting at the Playhouse Theatre, on Sherman Avenue North, Local 1005 members of the

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at Stelco marched to the plant gates to start the famous strike of 1946. The fight was over Union recognition, a 40-hour work week and wages. With the help of Hamilton's community this struggle changed Canadian Labour history. It forced employers to accept

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and helped start a mass

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movement in Canada.Stelco 1946 founding strike of Local 1005 (CBC Newsworld)
/ref> St. Peter's Hospital is a 250-bed chronic care hospital located on Maplewood Avenue 3 blocks east of Sherman Avenue South in downtown

specializing in the care of older adults. The hospital is a part of the St. Peter's Family of Services, which also includes

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, long-term care, and research branches. It was founded by the

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in 1890.

Landmarks

Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South. *Pier 16 *Hamilton Port Authority *

(Steel Company of Canada), Piers 16, 17, 18 (Sherman Avenue to Ottawa Street) *Fine Line Signs Company *Barton Air Fabrications Inc. *Szabo Carbidde Tooling, Precision tools and die manufacturing (formerly Italian Evangelical Church, 1910–1929) * Newalta, (Canada's leading industrial waste management and environmental services company) *Mermaid Limo Service *

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railway tracks *Hamilton Hydro Electric System building *Hamilton Specialty Bar Corporation (formerly Slater Steel) * 270 Sherman (former Imperial Cotton Company cotton mill) *The Wallace Barnes Company Limited building *Metal Industrial Corp. *Canadian National railway tracks *Bethal Apostolic Church *Playhouse Theatre building *St. Ann's Rectory * St. Peter's Hospital, (off Sherman Avenue, 3 blocks east on Maplewood Avenue) *Cumberland Christian Assembly Church *Canadian National railway tracks *Escarpment Rail Trail (abandoned railway path) *

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* Mountain Face Park *

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(mountain) *Mountain Face Park *Escarpment Rail Trail

Communities

Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from North to South * Northend - Everything north of the

Railway tracks *

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/ Stipeley, Sherman Avenue is the division between these two neighbourhoods. * St. Clair/ Blakeley, Sherman Avenue is the division between these two neighbourhoods.

Gallery

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References

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