100 King Street West, formerly known as Stelco Tower, is the third tallest building in

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. The , 25-storey office

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was completed in 1972, and is part of the larger

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complex.

History

The tower was built as the head office of

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 ...

, Canada's largest steel producer and one of Hamilton's largest employers. The company used the tower to demonstrate the versatility of steel and to showcase its newest development, "'' Stelcoloy''"; a specialised steel alloy designed to slowly rust over time. The

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helps protect the steel from further damage. This process of

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accounts for the steel's unique self-colouring nature; the steel was grey-blue when the building was first erected.

Description

The building's facade consists of alternating horizontal rows of Stelcoloy steel, and glass windows. The interior features a large lobby with granite floors, a security desk, a digital directory, and 2 steel-clad

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banks. The low-rise elevator bank, located on the east side of the lobby, features 4 modernized

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elevators that serve floors 2 through 14, with one of the elevators serving the underground parking lot. The high-rise elevator bank, located on the West side of the lobby, features 5 modernized Otis elevators that serve floors 15 through 24, with one of the elevators serving the underground parking lot, as well as mechanical floors 1 and 25. There is a single Otis elevator between the 2 elevator banks that serves the plaza level and the underground parking lot. The lobby also features

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and

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that lead to the plaza level. The building features column-free floor plates, and is a rare example of a modern skyscraper that features a mail chute. The Jackson Square mall, as well as the 3 other office buildings in the complex are accessible from the lobby level. The building features a large common underground parking lot with a capacity of 1300 vehicles.

Images

File:StelcoTowerPlaza1.jpg, Stelco Tower viewed from the Jackson Square rooftop plaza File:Stelcotowerdusk.jpg, Stelco Tower at dusk File:StelcoTowerLobby1.jpg, Stelco Tower lobby File:StelcoTowerLobby2.jpg, Stelco Tower lobby viewed from the Jackson Square mall File:StelcoTower 24 North.jpg, Looking North from the 24th floor of Stelco Tower. The

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can be seen in the distance File:StelcoTower 24 East.jpg, Looking East from the 24th floor of Stelco Tower.

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, Hamilton's tallest building, as well as the

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can be seen to the right. File:StelcoTower 24 South.jpg, Looking South from the 24th floor of Stelco Tower. Commerce Place II can be seen in the bottom left, the BDC Building in the centre, and the Ellen Fairclough Building in the bottom right. The

can also be seen in the distance

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Hamilton Skyscraper page- diagramsImage: Stelco Tower
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