Catharine Street is a Lower City collector road in

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, Canada. It starts off at ''Charlton Avenue East'' at ''Woolverton Park'' in the ''Corktown neighbourhood'' as a one-way street (southbound), tunnels underneath the Hunter Street Railway bridge and stretches up to ''Barton Street East'' where it then turns two-way and cutoff by the CN Railway lines that cut through ''Strachan Street Park'' one block north past Barton. Catharine Street then resumes again on ''Strachan Street East'', north of the Park again as a two-way road for 3 blocks and interrupted again at ''Picton Street East'', the site of ''St. Lawrence Elementary School'' and resumes again north of this property on ''Macauley Street East'', again as a

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for another 3 blocks where it's interrupted for a third time at ''Brock Street'', the site of Eastwood Park and Eastwood Arena. Catherine Street resumes again north of Eastwood Park on ''Guise Street East'' and ends at the city's ''North End'' waterfront, the site of a ''Royal Canadian Navy base'' and ''Pier 9''.

History

Catharine Street was named after

Nathaniel Hughson Nathaniel Hughson (16 July 1755, New York1 November 1837, Hamilton, Upper Canada) was a farmer and hotel owner, a Loyalist who moved to Canada following the American Revolution, and one of the city founders of Hamilton, Ontario. Married to Rebecca L ...

's daughter. Hughson was one of the city founders of Hamilton. Other streets in the city were named after him and his family members, '' Hughson Street'', ''Rebecca Street'' (wife) and '' James Street'' (son). In 1898, The "Five Johns", (John Patterson, John Dickenson,

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, John Moodie, Sr. and John Sutherland), form ''The Cataract Power Co. Ltd.'' introducing electric power to Hamilton in 1898. On August 25, 1898, power was sent twenty seven miles from ''DeCew Falls'',

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, using water from the old

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. New industries, such as the forerunners of the Steel Co. of Canada (

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) and Canadian Westinghouse, were attracted here by the cheaper, more efficient power. One time this Company controlled hydro power from

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to St. Catharines, including the

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and the area's radial lines. Back then the city's nickname was "''The Electric City.''" Then in 1907 they erected ''The Terminal Station'' building on the southeast corner of ''Catharine'' and King Streets, where the present day ''Terminal Towers'' stand. Prior to this, in 1868, the ''Wanzer Sewing Machine Company'' was based here employing more than 250 workers. The ''Pantages Theatre'' opened up in 1921 on King Street, (between ''Catharine Street'' and ''Mary Street''), with a seating capacity of 3,500 made it the largest theatre in Canada at the time. In 1930 it was renamed ''The Palace Theatre''. It closed down in 1972. Hamilton one time was home to many Grand Theatres, all of which are no longer in existence. These include, ''Grand Opera House'' ( James Street North), ''Savoy Theatre'' (Merrick Street), ''Temple Theatre'' (behind the ''Terminal Building'' on King Street), ''Lyric Theatre'' (Mary Street) and ''The Loews Theatre'' renamed later to ''The Capitol'' (King Street East). In 1974, Hamilton's tallest building;

Landmark Place Landmark Place is the tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at the corner of Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario), Main Street East and Catharine Street (Hamilton, Ontario), Catharine Street South in the Corktown neighbourhood. This ...

, (formerly known as the ''Century 21 building'') was completed. 43 stories/ 127.0 metres in height. It is also the tallest residential building in Canada outside of Toronto as of January 10, 2007. On August 30, 2003, the 60th anniversary of her commissioning into the

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, (Canada's most famous warship and the last remaining Tribal Class in the world) was moved to the city of Hamilton, Ontario by

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where she has become a focal point of a revitalized waterfront.

Landmarks

''Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South.'' *Pier 9 *

, Army and Sea Cadets **31 Lion ** 2347 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders **2814 Hamilton SVC Btn. * National Historic Site, historic naval ship; Canada's most famous warship and the last remaining Tribal Class in the world. * Eastwood Park/ Eastwood Arena *

Canadian National The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue an ...

railway tracks, (Catharine Street interrupted here and resumes again north of the tracks) *St. Lawrence Elementary School *Econo Storage & Rental *Hamilton Downtown Mosque *Townsview Lifecare Retirement Home *Hamilton Plaza (hotel) *

(Hamilton's tallest building) *Oakland Square (shopping centre) *141 Catharine St S (Condominium complex) * Woolverton Park

Communities

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

Railway tracks * Beasley * Corktown

References

*MapArt

Golden Horseshoe The Golden Horseshoe () is a secondary region of Southern Ontario, Canada, which lies at the western end of Lake Ontario, with outer boundaries stretching south to Lake Erie and north to Lake Scugog, Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. T ...

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External links

North End NeighboursGoogle Maps: Catharine Street (Hybrid)
{{Hamilton Roads in Hamilton, Ontario