Edwin T. Wright

Edwin T. Wright

Company

Hamilton, ON

1881-01-01

1927-01-01

69 Mary Street, Hamilton, ON (1884-85)

48–52 Cathcurt St., Hamilton, ON (1895, 1900)

Measures

Metalwork

Manufacturing

Successor: General Steel Wares (Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, etc.)

- 1881 – Founded. (“General Steel Wares”)

- 1884 – Active at 69 Mary Street, Hamilton, ON as E.T. Wright and Co. and as makers of japanned ware.” (Ontario Gazetteer Business Directory for 1884-5 (R.L. Polk & Co, 1884): 394)

- 1895 – Active at 48–52 Cathcurt St., Hamilton, ON, as “E.T. Wright & Co., as “tinware manufacturers”. (City of Hamilton… Directory for the Year 1895 (W.H. Irwin, 1895): 24)

- 1900 – Active at 48–52 Cathcurt St., Hamilton, ON as “E.T. Wright & Co.” “tinsmiths”. (City of Hamilton… Directory for the Year 1900 (W.H. Irwin & Co, 1900): 270)

- 1927 – E.T. Wright Ltd., merged with several other companies to form General Steel Wares. The other companies included the McClary Manufacturing Company of London, ON, Sheet Metal Products of Canada Ltd., Thomas Davidson Manufacturing Co. Ltd., A. Aubry et fils, The Happy Thought Foundry Company of Brantford (“General Steel Wares”)

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