Victoria Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)

It starts off as a ramp and part of a Mountain-access road, the Claremont Access, on Hunter Street East in the Stinson neighbourhood.

It was a return home for Otis, which had built the 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m2) facility for wartime production of anti-aircraft guns and other military equipment.

[3] On August 18, 1948, surrounded by more than 400 employees and a battery of reporters, the first vehicle, a blue Champion four-door sedan, rolled off the Studebaker assembly line.

(Studebaker Canada Ltd.)[4] The company was located in the former Otis-Fenson military weapons factory off Burlington Street East, which was built in 1941.

[5] It was terrible news for the 700 workers who had formed a true family at the company, known for its employee parties and day trips.

[8] In recent years there has been talk of converting the 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) facility on Victoria Avenue North that was one time home of the Otis Elevator Company and Studebaker plant into a Mega-Film Studio.

One of the main reasons was they overestimated the appeal of the site, in that the interior had too many support beams, making the space impractical for productions requiring wide, uninterrupted expanses.

The Hamilton plant on Victoria Avenue North, has been in operation since 1943 and serves food manufacturers, the biodiesel industry and farmers in Ontario & Quebec.