With the Steel Town Love special event taking place on Saturday, July 11, the Fourth Floor at Central Library will be closed for set-up all day on Friday, July 10. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open.
The Fourth Floor will reopen its study spaces on Sunday, July 12, Noon-5 pm.
As of July 1st, partner library Members can no longer borrow HPL Express items via Overdrive. More to Borrow partner libraries will be offering Lucky Express (Skip the line) titles to their cardholders only. This will help manage wait times for popular titles. Lucky Express is a collection of in demand titles with a seven-day loan period, available with no wait.
Our partners will still be able to borrow titles from the rest of our collection.
www.hpl.ca/more-to-borrow
The What's Happening Guide has been retired and replaced with different communications channels and tactics. You can find the new Summer Reading Flyer here. Watch for future communications updates.
Sunday hours return to Central Library. Beginning July 5, Central is open Noon to 5pm. Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown branches are also open Sundays, 1 to 5pm. hpl.ca/hours
The accessibility door at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.
After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls
The entrance to the Barton Branch's parking lot off Milton Street is currently inaccessible due to construction. Please use the alley entrance off Fullerton Street.
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Bookmobile Service Modifications
Mon Jul 6:
Special Event - All Stops Cancelled
Wed, July 8:
Helen Detwiler Cancelled
Thurs, July 9:
Rockton Cancelled
Millgrove Cancelled
Bennetto Cancelled
Kinsmen Cancelled
Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, August 28, 1856
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen’s Print, 1856
[139]
vol. 10 #2
mf #864
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Proceedings. 1855
Birmingham: Published by the Institution, 1855
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vol. 10 #19
mf #864
[Keefer, Samuel]
Memoir of the Late Samuel Keefer
[5]
vol. 13 #7
mf #865
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Address. By the Permission of the Council.
Excerpt Minutes of the Transactions of the Society Vol. II. Part. I. Session 1888 Canadian Society of Civil Engineers Montreal: Printed by John Lovell & Son
[36]
vol. 13 #2
mf #865
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
The Canadian Pacific Railway. Address at the Annual convention at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 28th, 1888. Transactions. American Society of Civil Engineers. 394. (Vol. XIX – August, 1888)
[88 + illus. + maps]
vol. ? #?
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Free Trade, Protection, and Reciprocity. From “The Canals of Canada”
Ottawa: Printed by A.S. Woodburn, Elgin Street, 1876
[34]
vol. 13 #5
mf #865
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Free Trade, Protection, and Reciprocity. From “The Canals of Canada”
Ottawa: Printed by A.S. Woodburn, Elgin Street, 1876
[20]
vol. 13 #4
mf #865
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, Civil Engineer|
"Montreal:" and "The Ottawa:" Two lectures delivered before the Mechanics Institute of Montreal in January, 1853 and 1854
Montreal: John Lovell, 1854
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vol. 1 #3
mf #846
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
Philosophie des Chemins de Fer, Publiee par ordre Des Directeurs de la Compagnie de la Grand Junction du Chemin de Fer du St. Laurent et de L'Outaouais Quatrieme Edition, revue
Montreal: John Lovell, 1853
[]
vol. 1 #4
mf #846
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Philosophy of railroads. Published at the request of the directors of the Montreal & Lachine railroad 2nd. ed.
Montreal: Armour & Ramsay, St. Francis Xavier St., 1850
[40]
vol. 7 #3
mf #862
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Philosophy of Railroads. Fifth edition
Ottawa: Printed by Bell & Woodburn, Elgin Street, 1871
[34]
vol. 13 #1
mf #865
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Prize essay - The canals of Canada. Their prospects and influence. Written for a Premium offered by His Excellency the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., Governor General of British North America, etc. etc. etc.
Toronto: Andrew H. Armour and Co., King Street, 1850
[111]
vol. 6 #8
mf #861
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.M.G. (Chairman), Henry F. Perley, John Kennedy, Percival W. St. George
Report of a Commission of Engineer Appointed by the Government of Canada to Inquire into the causes of the Floods at Montreal and to Suggest Remedies for Their Removal
Montreal: Published by Order of the City Council of Montreal, 1890
[76]
vol. 13 #6
mf #865
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
Report on A Water Supply for the City of Toronto
Toronto: Maclear, Thomas & Co., 1857
[]
vol. 1 #9
mf #844
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
Report on dredging in Lake St. Peter, and on the Improvement of the River St. Lawrence, between Montreal and Quebec, (with charts) by Thos. C. Keefer, Engineer, Montreal Harbour Commission. Published by Order of the Montreal Harbour Commissioners, Hon. John Young, Chairman
Montreal: John Lovell, 1855
[]
vol. 1 #2
mf #844
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
Report on a survey for the Railway Bridge over the St. Lawrence at Montreal, surveyed in 1851-52 by order of the committee of the Montreal and Kingston Railway, Hon. John Young, Chairman
Montreal: John Lovell, 1853
[]
vol. 1 #6
mf #844
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, Chief Engineer
Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Kingston and Toronto section of the Canada Trunk Railway
Toronto: Printed by Lovell and Gibson, Front Street, 1851
[33]
vol. 6 #2
mf #861
Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
A Sequel to The Philosophy of Railroads By Thos. C. Keefer, C.E.
Toronto: Lovell & Gibson, 1856
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vol. 1 #5
mf #844
