GSW (General Steel Wares) Souvenir Ashtray
Date1937
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 11 cm
Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 2006
Object number2006.033.001
Label TextIn 1927, five Canadian tinware and stove manufacturers, including the McClary Manufacturing Company, merged to form General Steel Wares. An October 1927 Globe and Mail article noted the amalgamation was necessary for the businesses to remain competitive in international markets. General Steel Wares continued to operate in London until the mid-1970s. In the mid-20th century, it was named as a local London manufacturer responsible for polluting local water sources. The 1958 Middlesex County pollution survey recorded that waste from the factory emptied into the sanitary sewer system. During heavy rain, dangerous chemicals overflowed into the storm sewers and from there into the Deshkan Ziibi/Thames River.
NameAshtray
McClary Manufacturing
GENERAL STEEL WARES
