Keefer, Thomas C.
Thomas C. Keefer (fl. 1821 - 1914) was a prominent Canadian railway engineer and civil engineer working in the mid to late 19th century. Keefer held posts as President of Both the Canadian and American Societies of Civil Engineers and has been called the "Dean of Canadian Engineers". Keefer's most important work includes an accurate survey of the St. Lawrence River, significant contributions to both the Erie and Welland Canals, and the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway from Toronto to Kingston. Keefer was a forward thinking environmentalist and, despite working for the railroads, envisioned a day when water power and electric would replace the "poison smoke" of coal.
From Europe to the Pacific.
Mercator's Projection. With the Great Circle (Shortest Sailing) or Air Lines, Illustrating the directness and capacity of the River St. Lawrence from Lake Erie to the Atlantic. As a means of communication between Europe and the Commercial Centre of the Great West, Shewing also the Extension of the Northern Pacific Railway Route Through Canada, to the Nearest Atlantic Seaport at Montreal.
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A captivating large-format work reflecting both ambition and vision, this is Thomas Keefer's 1855 map of potential future connections linking western Europe to North America and the Pacific via transcontinental railways and steamers. It was prepared for the Canadian Commission to the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris. (more details)