Accrington Library
Hyndburn, United Kingdom · built 1908
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 The building had a complete electrical rewire in the early 1980’s by a Nelson based company called Spencer Cuttell. It was a huge task lasting several months.
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