词条 | Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario) |
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Main Street is a street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. HistoryMain Street was originally called Court Street, after the first courthouse that stood on it. It is now called Main Street because it formed the "main" concession line of Barton Township.[1]On June 20, 1877, the first commercial telephone service in Canada began in Hamilton, Ontario.[2] Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. learned of Alexander Graham Bell's invention in 1877 at the Philadelphia International Exposition and from there decided to test the communication tool in Hamilton.[3] Hugh Cossart Baker Jr. is credited with making the first telephone exchange in the British Empire from an office building (Exchange Building) at the corner of James and Main Street East which still stands there today (March 2007).[3] In 1925, The first traffic lights in Canada went into operation at the Delta. (11 June 1925).[4] McMaster University arrived in Hamilton in 1930 from Bloor Street in Toronto. The total student population at McMaster University is well over 27,000. Almost two-thirds of the students come from outside the immediate Hamilton region.[5]Built in 1931, Westdale Secondary School was immediately deemed the largest composite school in the British Empire, having cost $1.3 million to build and consisting of 4.7 hectares of building, grounds and athletic fields.[6] Landmarks
CommunitiesNote: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.[8]
Parallel roadsLower City Roads:
Intersecting roadsNote: Listing of streets from West to East.
GalleryReferences1. ^{{cite book|title=Footsteps In Time: Exploring Hamilton's heritage neighbourhoods|first=Bill |last=Manson |publisher=North Shore Publishing Inc|year=2003|isbn= 1-896899-22-6}} 2. ^{{cite web| title =Chronology of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Ontario| url=http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/cultural_landmarks/twps.html| accessdate = 2007-03-26}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|title=The Hamiltonians, 100 Fascinating Lives |first=Margaret |last=Houghton |publisher=James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers Toronto|page=6|year=2003|isbn= 1-55028-804-0}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Vanished Hamilton Calendar|first=Margaret |last=Houghton |publisher=North Shore Publishing|year=2006|isbn= 1-896899-39-0}} 5. ^{{cite web| title = McMaster's Economic Impact on the Hamilton Community| publisher= McMaster University| url=http://www.mcmaster.ca/pres/chambercomm.html| accessdate = 2007-04-23 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061113175818/http://www.mcmaster.ca/pres/chambercomm.html |archivedate = 2006-11-13}} 6. ^{{cite press release |title=Celebrity High: Westdale Secondary Alumni |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator |date=2006-05-19 |url=http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1147989017565&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012923/http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1147989017565&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2007-09-30 |accessdate=2007-04-21 |df= }} 7. ^{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791-1875)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1981}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Hamilton Neighbourhood Boundaries, (map.hamilton.ca) |url=http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/NeighbourhoodBoundaries.pdf |accessdate=2007-05-11 |format=PDF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235056/http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/NeighbourhoodBoundaries.pdf |archivedate=2007-09-27 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
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