Accrington Library

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Accrington Library is a Carnegie library located in the town of Accrington, Lancashire. In 1904 a sum of £7,500 was offered to the town by the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for the building of a new library. Following an application for more funds this offer was increased to £10,000. The building itself was opened in January 1908. It was managed by Accrington Council until 1974 when this role was taken on by Lancashire County Council.

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Accrington Library - 1907 Accrington's Carnegie Library is one of the many libraries, educational 2 charitable institutions provided free by Scottish born industrialist Andrew Carnegie. The library was built at a cost of £10,000 in 1907

St James' St, Accrington, United Kingdom where it was