Rogerstone Library
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Rogerstone Library
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 12 Oct 2009
Now part of Newport City Council's library service, and officially titled Rogerstone Library and Information Centre, the building was opened in 1905 as a Carnegie Free Library. Carnegie libraries were built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. More than 2,500 Carnegie libraries were built worldwide. The other one in the city of Newport is on Corporation Road. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1621495 Rogerstone Library was Grade II listed in 2003.
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Image Location
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51.586081
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-3.057931