Hamilton (4). Ontario
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	Photo Credits: © Mark Visser Tower Message: Tower Location: 270 Sherman Ave. North @ Landsdown Ave. Tower Information (09-07) Built: 1901 Height: Capacity: Water Source: Plant Information: The Imperial Cotton Company was Hamilton's third major primary cotton firm. It was opened in 1900 by James M. Young of the Hamilton Cotton Company and his associates. In 1924, the company was amalgamated with another mill in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, creating the Cosmos-Imperial Cotton Company. Workers in this plant produced heavy cotton duck for sails, mechanical belting, railway car roofing and awnings. At times, the firm employed more than 300 workers, many of them women.
The Hamilton plant shut down in 1958. The buildings that remain form one of the most complete historic textile mill complexes in the province. The three-storey brick masonry building, with its medieval-style water tower, housed most of the machinery.
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