It is thanks in large part to the first Parliamentary Librarian, Alpheus Todd, that the Library was preserved from the fire that destroyed Canada's main parliament building on February 3, 1916. He suggested to the building's architects that a hallway and fireproof iron doors separate the Library from Centre Block.
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Dec 9, 2014 · The Canadian Library of Parliament, now in Ottawa, was again threatened by a fire that engulfed large parts of the Parliament buildings in 1916.
Sep 23, 2020 · A great library bonfire was narrowly avoided in 1907, when fire swept through Parliament Buildings in Wellington.
Feb 2, 2022 · As fire engulfed the Parliament Building, librarian Michael MacCormac acted with seconds to spare, heaving the iron doors shut and shutting out ...
The library survived the 1916 fire that destroyed Centre Block. The library has been augmented and renovated several times since its construction in 1876, the ...
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Dec 26, 2021 · The fire started in the Members' Reading Room next to the octagonal library which was saved when the quick-thinking librarian, Michael MacCormac ...
Ottowa, 5 February 1916 - Canadian Parliament Buildings in Ottawa have been almost completely destroyed by fire. Apparently emanating from the reading room, ...
Aug 4, 2021 · About 150,000 books were removed to three main drying areas while “countless thousands” of others were stored on dry shelves in the library.
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Aug 15, 2023 · Learn about the Library of Parliament in the Centre Block, its origins, architecture, how it survived a fire in 1916, and how we modernized ...