Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton

Cold Weather Alert for the City of Hamilton Monday January 19, 2026.

The temperature is expected to plummet below minus 15 Celsius. For warm place hours visit hpl.ca/hours

For a list of shelters and health information visit www.hamilton.ca/cold

Published:
Monday, January 19, 2026 - 4:00pm
Central Library – Digital Microfilm Machines

The digital microfilm machines at Central Library are not working. A single analog machine is available in the Local History and Archives Reading Room. This reader does not support printing. We apologize for the inconvenience and aim to have the digital devices repaired as soon as possible.

Published:
Monday, January 19, 2026 - 1:45pm
Online Resources - Update

The following eResources have been recently discontinued in our HPL collections: Novelist, Summa, Summa Kids, and Northstar Digital Literacy. Please visit www.hpl.ca/articles/read-watch-listen for our full listing of online resources for your next read, watch, listen and/or learn.

Published:
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - 11:00am
Waterdown Branch Accessible Door Out of Order

The accessibility door at Waterdown Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.

Published:
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 - 12:00pm
Printing Updates

Daily print balances for black and white and colour printing change January 2, 2026. The new daily print balance is 40 cents. Members receive four free black and white copies or two free colour copies. 

Large format and vinyl printing pricing also change on January 2. Visit https://www.hpl.ca/makerspaces for updates.

Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 2:00pm
Replacement and Damage Fees

Bring back your borrowed library items within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items. 

Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm

Keefer Pamphlets – S

St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Proceedings of the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad, Held in Montreal , on the 17th January, 1849; with Report of the Directors.
Montreal: Printed at the “Montreal Gazette” Office, 1849
[16]
vol. 9 #14
mf #863

 

St. Lawrence and Ottawa Grand Junction Railway Company
Reports of the Directors and Chief Engineer of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Grand Junction Railway Company, May 9th, 1853
Montreal: John Lovell, 1853
[]
vol. 1 #1
mf #844

 

Saratoga and Washington Rail-Road Company
Annual report to the Stockholders of the Saratoga and Washington Rail-Road Company. Made by the President of the Company, February 1, 1850
Saratoga Springs: 1850
[11]
vol. 9 #18
mf #863

 

Scientific American
The Patent Laws of the United States: Together with Information for Persons Having Business to Transact at the Patent Office.
New York: Published at the office of the Scientific American, 1849
[]
vol. 9 #13
mf #863

 

Scott, William
Statement of William Scott, Late Western Division Engineer of the Great Western Railway, to the Shareholders and the Public of North America, Relative to the mode of his services being dispensed with by the board of that company.
Detroit: Printed by Geo. E. Pomeroy & Co., Tribune Office, 1854
[23]
vol. 4 #8
mf #860

 

Shanley, Walter, Chief Engineer
Report on the Location, Surveys and Estimates of the Bytown and Prescott Railroad. Bytown: Printed at the Ottawa Citizen Office, [1851]
[28, 4]
vol. 6 #5
mf #861

 

Smith, T.T. Vernon, C.E.
The Past, Present and Future of Atlantic Ocean Steam Navigation; read before The Fredericton Athenaeum, June 15, 1857 Published at the Request of the Society Fredericton: J. Simpson, 1857
[]
vol. 3 #20
mf #846

 

Sterry-Hunt, T.
On the Theoretical Relations of Water and Hydrogen Extracted from Silliman’s Journal of Science, March 1854
Montreal: 1853
[8]
vol. 10 #14
mf #864

 

Stuart, Charles B.
Report of Charles B. Stuart, Civil Engineer, of the survey of the Chemung railroad: Showing the Length, estimated Cost and probable Income of the Road. Together with the address and resolutions of the Railroad convention held at Geneva, 7th Jan. 1846. Geneva, N.Y., 1846
[22]
vol. 6 #11 [also vol. 9 #5]
mf #861

 

Stuart, Charles B., Chief Engineer
Report on the Great Western Railway, Canada West, to the President and Directors. September 1, 1847
[47]
vol. 4 #11
mf #860

 

Stuart, Charles B., Chief Engineer & Manrow, Higinbotham, & Co., Contractors
The Specifications for the Materials and Construction of the Susquehannah Division New York and Erie Rail Road; Extending from Binghamton to Hornellsville, One Hundred and Seventeen Miles in Length Put under Contract, Feb’y. 10th, 1840 – To be completed July 1st, 1842
Owego: Printed by A.H. Calhoun, Front Street, opposite the Post Office, 1840
[12]
vol. 7 #18
mf #862