Heat Warning Notification for the City of Hamilton

Heat Warning for the City of Hamilton.

Significant heat and humidity will arrive on Friday July 11. Heat Warnings stay in effect until they are cancelled or escalated to an Extended Heat Warning.

For information about heat-related illnesses, cool place locations and reducing your risk, visit hamilton.ca.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Friday, July 11, 2025 - 11:00am
Concession Branch Accessible Parking Spot not available

Accessible Parking Spot not available. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

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Published:
Friday, July 11, 2025 - 10:15am
Locke Branch - Filming

Filming will take place near the Locke Branch from July 13 to 16, which will impact traffic flow and parking. We apologize for the inconvenience.

  • North side of Homewood Avenue between Lockes Street South and Kent Street
  • North/South side of Stanley Avenue
  • East side of Kent Street between Stanley Avenue and Homewood Avenue
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Published:
Friday, July 11, 2025 - 8:00am
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled

The Bookmobile visit at Huntington Park (11am-Noon) on Friday, July 11, is cancelled. Service is expected to resume the following week. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Affected Branch: Bookmobile
Nearest Branches: 
Bookmobile Stop: 
Published:
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - 12:00pm
Central Library - Fourth Floor Special Event, July 12

Central Library's Fourth Floor is hosting Steel Town Love Festival on Saturday, July 12 from 11am-4pm. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 are available for Members to use as study and work spaces instead. 

www.hpl.ca/central

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Affected Branch: Central Library
Published:
Monday, July 7, 2025 - 8:00am
Terryberry Branch Elevator Out of Order

The parking lot elevator at Terryberry Branch is not working. Members will need to use the accessible ramp at the Mohawk entrance and the inner elevator. We're working to get it fixed quickly.

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Published:
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 1:00pm
Public Computers - Audio Volume

Please note that the audio volume levels on our public computers are having issues. The estimated time of disruption is unknown at this time. Thank you for your patience.

 

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 4:00pm
Mount Hope Branch Accessibile Ramp Not Available

The accessibility ramp at Mount Hope Branch is damaged. The handrail is not available. The ramp will not be available while being repaired. We aim to fix it quickly.

Published:
Friday, May 23, 2025 - 4:30pm

Keefer Pamphlets – W

Watertown and Rome Railroad Company
Proposals for an issue of bonds by the directors of the Watertown and Rome Railroad Co. secured by mortgage and convertible into stock July 1, 1851
[8]
vol. 6 #14
mf #861

 

Wellsville and Fairport Rail Road Company
Report of the engineer to the directors of the Wellsville and Fairport Rail Road Company, May 1, 1837
Painesville: Printed by Asahel Howe, 1837
[11]
vol. 7 #17
mf #862

 

Western Rail-Road Corporation
Fifth annual report of the Directors of the Western Rail-Road Corporation, To the Stockholders, February 12, 1840
Boston: S.N. Dickinson, printer, 1840
[31]
vol. 7 #11
mf #862

 

What the Sister Arts Teach As to Farming
n.p., n.d.
[33]
vol. 10 #18
mf #864

 

Willson, Henry Beckles, of Hamilton, Canada West, Barrister-at-Law
The Great Western Railway of Canada, Its Proposed Branches and Extensions. London: A. & S. Cockshaw, Printers, Ludgate Hill, 1854
[16]
vol. 4 #6
mf #860

 

[Willson, Hugh Bowlsby]
Reports and correspondence on the "Patent Compound Rail"
London: S.W. Rowsell, 31, Cheapside, 1851
[20]
vol. 4 #7
mf #860