11 Facts About Thomas Keefer

Thomas Coltrin Keefer CMG was a Canadian civil engineer.

Thomas Keefer became well known for his writings, particularly Philosophy of Railroads and The Canals of Canada: Their Prospects and Influence, and surveyed a railway connecting Kingston, Ontario, and Toronto, was in charge of the survey for a line between Montreal and Kingston, and determined the site for the Victoria Bridge that crosses the St Lawrence River into Montreal.

Thomas Keefer became chief engineer of the Montreal Water Board and built the Ottawa Water Works.

Thomas Keefer was a co-founder and the first president of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.

Thomas Keefer was president of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the Canadian Institute.

Thomas Keefer was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1890 and was its president from 1898 to 1899.

Thomas Keefer served as chief engineer of the Montreal Water Board and designed the water-supply system for Hamilton, Ontario, as well as the waterworks in Ottawa.

Thomas Keefer's Hamilton pumping station, with its working Gartshore beam engines, has been declared a national historic site.

Thomas Keefer was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and an officer of the French Legion of Honour.

Thomas Keefer's son, Charles Keefer, was a notable Canadian civil engineer.

The Thomas Keefer Medal was established in 1942, and is awarded annually by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering for the best civil engineering paper in hydro-technical, transportation or environmental engineering.